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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 GermanyTrinidad & TobagoBurkina Faso
81,4391,30111,075
81,4741,30311,405
81,5341,30811,828
81,5951,31412,380
81,5661,32012,829
81,4731,32613,178
81,3541,33213,540
81,1901,33813,917
81,0091,34414,309
80,7811,35214,722
80,5001,35915,152
80,3011,36515,600
80,2921,37216,064
80,4431,37916,563
80,6631,38617,072
81,0001,39217,575
81,7041,39918,094
82,3661,40518,621
82,6741,41119,157
82,9231,43619,698
83,1101,45220,242
83,1781,44820,788
83,2131,45021,336
83,8111,45621,889

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 Trinidad & Tobago, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.