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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 DominicaGermanyFinland
7081,4395,166
7181,4745,176
7181,5345,188
7281,5955,201
7281,5665,213
7281,4735,228
7281,3545,246
7281,1905,266
7281,0095,289
7380,7815,313
7380,5005,339
7380,3015,363
7380,2925,388
7380,4435,414
7380,6635,439
7381,0005,463
7481,7045,481
7482,3665,495
7482,6745,508
7482,9235,516
7583,1105,522
7583,1785,531
7683,2135,542
7683,8115,556

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.

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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