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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaGermanyBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
7081,43911,07551,181
7181,47411,40552,782
7181,53411,82854,453
7281,59512,38056,170
7281,56612,82957,860
7281,47313,17859,599
7281,35413,54061,474
7281,19013,91763,479
7281,00914,30965,590
7380,78114,72267,800
7380,50015,15270,114
7380,30115,60072,550
7380,29216,06475,138
7380,44316,56377,792
7380,66317,07280,534
7381,00017,57583,368
7481,70418,09486,229
7482,36618,62189,193
7482,67419,15792,209
7482,92319,69895,232
7583,11020,24298,320
7583,17820,788101,499
7683,21321,336104,767
7683,81121,889108,171

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.

All data sources

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, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.