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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 ArabiaSeychelles
81,43919,96478
81,47420,42679
81,53420,95680
81,59521,54981
81,56622,18982
81,47322,85083
81,35423,51684
81,19024,17885
81,00924,84186
80,78125,51887
80,50026,22787
80,30127,06888
80,29227,81089
80,44328,51690
80,66329,22091
81,00029,93692
81,70430,64692
82,36631,36093
82,67432,18494
82,92332,86995
83,11033,66196
83,17834,54297
83,21333,65198
83,81134,08198

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 Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.