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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 DominicaUnited Arab EmiratesGermany
703,10181,439
713,28481,474
713,45881,534
723,61381,595
723,75481,566
723,88281,473
724,00081,354
724,53281,190
725,62381,009
737,27780,781
738,16480,500
738,15280,301
738,43880,292
738,74780,443
739,07780,663
739,32181,000
749,46181,704
749,58782,366
749,69982,674
749,79682,923
759,87983,110
759,95383,178
7610,01883,213
7610,09983,811

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

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 Dominica, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.