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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 Dominican RepublicGermanyAustriaMorocco
8,17581,4398,03928,400
8,30181,4748,05928,744
8,42781,5348,09029,094
8,55381,5958,13029,447
8,67881,5668,16629,806
8,80181,4738,21730,169
8,92481,3548,27430,552
9,04481,1908,31730,953
9,16481,0098,34431,354
9,28180,7818,37031,754
9,39880,5008,39032,154
9,51280,3018,41032,553
9,62780,2928,43832,951
9,74280,4438,47633,346
9,85580,6638,52733,737
9,96581,0008,59434,124
10,07281,7048,68034,511
10,17782,3668,79134,898
10,28182,6748,84735,279
10,38582,9238,89035,653
10,48783,1108,93036,018
10,58783,1788,96936,375
10,68683,2139,00436,723
10,79383,8119,10737,101

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.

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.