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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 GermanyTurkmenistanComoros
81,4394,324531
81,4744,385545
81,5344,444559
81,5954,502574
81,5664,556590
81,4734,608606
81,3544,664623
81,1904,719640
81,0094,773657
80,7814,828674
80,5004,884690
80,3014,940706
80,2924,996722
80,4435,053737
80,6635,110752
81,0005,169767
81,7045,227781
82,3665,287795
82,6745,346808
82,9235,405821
83,1105,464837
83,1785,522853
83,2135,579869
83,8115,657885

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 Turkmenistan, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.