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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 DenmarkBosnia & HerzegovinaGermany
5,3223,81181,439
5,3393,90181,474
5,3583,91981,534
5,3773,92381,595
5,3913,94081,566
5,4043,97581,473
5,4203,99181,354
5,4383,99381,190
5,4613,99081,009
5,4943,98780,781
5,5243,98580,500
5,5483,98380,301
5,5713,98080,292
5,5923,97780,443
5,6143,97380,663
5,6443,96881,000
5,6833,96381,704
5,7303,95782,366
5,7663,95182,674
5,7953,94482,923
5,8183,93783,110
5,8313,92983,178
5,8553,92183,213
5,9073,87683,811

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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 Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.