Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyEswatiniBosnia & Herzegovina
81,4391,0333,811
81,4741,0323,901
81,5341,0303,919
81,5951,0283,923
81,5661,0263,940
81,4731,0253,975
81,3541,0233,991
81,1901,0213,993
81,0091,0193,990
80,7811,0173,987
80,5001,0173,985
80,3011,0193,983
80,2921,0243,980
80,4431,0323,977
80,6631,0413,973
81,0001,0513,968
81,7041,0603,963
82,3661,0693,957
82,6741,0783,951
82,9231,0873,944
83,1101,0963,937
83,1781,1063,929
83,2131,1173,921
83,8111,1263,876

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.

All data sources

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 Eswatini; the database as a whole is cited above.