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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 DominicaHong Kong SAR ChinaGermany
706,58781,439
716,64681,474
716,69581,534
726,72581,595
726,71281,566
726,76581,473
726,79481,354
726,83881,190
726,89781,009
736,93880,781
736,95380,500
737,00480,301
737,05280,292
737,13080,443
737,15980,663
737,20981,000
747,27181,704
747,31682,366
747,37282,674
747,43282,923
757,48783,110
757,46083,178
767,39283,213
767,38783,811

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.