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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 & TobagoMoldova
81,4391,3014,244
81,4741,3034,199
81,5341,3084,154
81,5951,3144,108
81,5661,3204,059
81,4731,3264,013
81,3541,3323,966
81,1901,3383,919
81,0091,3443,873
80,7811,3523,829
80,5001,3593,788
80,3011,3653,748
80,2921,3723,709
80,4431,3793,671
80,6631,3863,633
81,0001,3923,595
81,7041,3993,558
82,3661,4053,522
82,6741,4113,485
82,9231,4363,448
83,1101,4523,412
83,1781,4483,376
83,2131,4503,339
83,8111,4563,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.