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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 DominicaMoldovaGermany
704,24481,439
714,19981,474
714,15481,534
724,10881,595
724,05981,566
724,01381,473
723,96681,354
723,91981,190
723,87381,009
733,82980,781
733,78880,500
733,74880,301
733,70980,292
733,67180,443
733,63380,663
733,59581,000
743,55881,704
743,52282,366
743,48582,674
743,44882,923
753,41283,110
753,37683,178
763,33983,213
763,57083,811

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