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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 GermanyTurkmenistanBosnia & Herzegovina
81,4394,3243,811
81,4744,3853,901
81,5344,4443,919
81,5954,5023,923
81,5664,5563,940
81,4734,6083,975
81,3544,6643,991
81,1904,7193,993
81,0094,7733,990
80,7814,8283,987
80,5004,8843,985
80,3014,9403,983
80,2924,9963,980
80,4435,0533,977
80,6635,1103,973
81,0005,1693,968
81,7045,2273,963
82,3665,2873,957
82,6745,3463,951
82,9235,4053,944
83,1105,4643,937
83,1785,5223,929
83,2135,5793,921
83,8115,6573,876

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 Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.