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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 GermanySudanBosnia & Herzegovina
81,43926,1683,811
81,47426,7713,901
81,53427,3873,919
81,59528,0173,923
81,56628,6623,940
81,47329,3213,975
81,35429,9963,991
81,19030,6863,993
81,00931,3933,990
80,78132,1373,987
80,50033,0783,985
80,30133,8913,983
80,29234,5683,980
80,44335,2933,977
80,66336,0933,973
81,00037,0583,968
81,70438,1653,963
82,36639,2943,957
82,67440,5123,951
82,92341,7643,944
83,11042,9523,937
83,17844,1213,929
83,21345,2903,921
83,81146,4983,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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