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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Germany | Turkmenistan | Norway |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81,439 | 4,324 | 4,463 | |
| 81,474 | 4,385 | 4,492 | |
| 81,534 | 4,444 | 4,515 | |
| 81,595 | 4,502 | 4,539 | |
| 81,566 | 4,556 | 4,566 | |
| 81,473 | 4,608 | 4,593 | |
| 81,354 | 4,664 | 4,624 | |
| 81,190 | 4,719 | 4,662 | |
| 81,009 | 4,773 | 4,710 | |
| 80,781 | 4,828 | 4,769 | |
| 80,500 | 4,884 | 4,830 | |
| 80,301 | 4,940 | 4,890 | |
| 80,292 | 4,996 | 4,954 | |
| 80,443 | 5,053 | 5,020 | |
| 80,663 | 5,110 | 5,081 | |
| 81,000 | 5,169 | 5,138 | |
| 81,704 | 5,227 | 5,191 | |
| 82,366 | 5,287 | 5,237 | |
| 82,674 | 5,346 | 5,278 | |
| 82,923 | 5,405 | 5,313 | |
| 83,110 | 5,464 | 5,349 | |
| 83,178 | 5,522 | 5,380 | |
| 83,213 | 5,579 | 5,409 | |
| 83,811 | 5,657 | 5,458 |
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.
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.
Norway
- 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
- 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995
No separate list is published for Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.