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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 GermanyYemenBosnia & Herzegovina
81,43916,7283,811
81,47417,2363,901
81,53417,7623,919
81,59518,3103,923
81,56618,8553,940
81,47319,4103,975
81,35420,0003,991
81,19020,6113,993
81,00921,2363,990
80,78121,8783,987
80,50022,5333,985
80,30123,1953,983
80,29223,8803,980
80,44324,5943,977
80,66325,3113,973
81,00026,0203,968
81,70426,6983,963
82,36627,3473,957
82,67427,9853,951
82,92328,6083,944
83,11029,2163,937
83,17829,8113,929
83,21330,3993,921
83,81131,0583,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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