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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 GermanyUzbekistanSeychelles
81,43924,70178
81,47425,04279
81,53425,37280
81,59525,69681
81,56625,99282
81,47326,26883
81,35426,54084
81,19026,81285
81,00927,08186
80,78127,34787
80,50027,60987
80,30127,86988
80,29228,13289
80,44328,39890
80,66328,66691
81,00028,93492
81,70429,20592
82,36629,48093
82,67429,75694
82,92330,03195
83,11030,30596
83,17830,57697
83,21330,84398
83,81131,33798

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 Uzbekistan, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.