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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 GermanySudanTrinidad & Tobago
81,43926,1681,301
81,47426,7711,303
81,53427,3871,308
81,59528,0171,314
81,56628,6621,320
81,47329,3211,326
81,35429,9961,332
81,19030,6861,338
81,00931,3931,344
80,78132,1371,352
80,50033,0781,359
80,30133,8911,365
80,29234,5681,372
80,44335,2931,379
80,66336,0931,386
81,00037,0581,392
81,70438,1651,399
82,36639,2941,405
82,67440,5121,411
82,92341,7641,436
83,11042,9521,452
83,17844,1211,448
83,21345,2901,450
83,81146,4981,456

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.

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