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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 DominicaGuineaGermany
707,61081,439
717,78081,474
717,82181,534
727,90681,595
728,12181,566
728,31781,473
728,47881,354
728,65081,190
728,86081,009
739,09180,781
739,32780,500
739,57180,301
739,82580,292
7310,08480,443
7310,35180,663
7310,63281,000
7410,92481,704
7411,22582,366
7411,53482,674
7411,85582,923
7512,16083,110
7512,46983,178
7612,77883,213
7613,08783,811

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.