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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 GermanyVenezuelaParaguay
81,43923,1885,366
81,47423,6015,473
81,53424,0115,579
81,59524,4255,683
81,56624,8415,786
81,47325,2555,886
81,35425,6675,984
81,19026,0796,080
81,00926,5896,173
80,78127,0986,264
80,50027,5106,352
80,30127,9206,438
80,29228,3276,522
80,44328,7226,605
80,66329,1116,688
81,00029,4186,769
81,70429,6936,850
82,36629,9616,930
82,67429,8567,012
82,92328,8587,095
83,11027,9217,179
83,17827,8717,263
83,21328,3167,348
83,81128,4187,432

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.

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.