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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanySaudi ArabiaLuxembourg
81,43919,964433
81,47420,426438
81,53420,956443
81,59521,549448
81,56622,189454
81,47322,850460
81,35423,516467
81,19024,178474
81,00924,841482
80,78125,518491
80,50026,227500
80,30127,068509
80,29227,810521
80,44328,516533
80,66329,220547
81,00029,936560
81,70430,646571
82,36631,360586
82,67432,184599
82,92332,869610
83,11033,661623
83,17834,542633
83,21333,651643
83,81134,081651

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.