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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 DominicaLaosOmanGermany
705,2862,34881,439
715,3972,40381,474
715,4992,45781,534
725,5782,51081,595
725,6542,56281,566
725,7462,61381,473
725,8362,66381,354
725,9312,71381,190
726,0352,76481,009
736,1452,81680,781
736,2572,87180,500
736,3682,92880,301
736,4772,98680,292
736,5863,04780,443
736,6953,11080,663
736,8043,17481,000
746,9123,24081,704
747,0193,30782,366
747,1273,37582,674
747,2343,44482,923
757,3433,51283,110
757,4523,58283,178
767,5603,65183,213
767,6663,69683,811

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.

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, Laos, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.