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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 RepublicGermanyCape Verde
8,17581,439422
8,30181,474430
8,42781,534438
8,55381,595447
8,67881,566455
8,80181,473463
8,92481,354471
9,04481,190478
9,16481,009486
9,28180,781494
9,39880,500501
9,51280,301509
9,62780,292516
9,74280,443524
9,85580,663531
9,96581,000539
10,07281,704546
10,17782,366553
10,28182,674562
10,38582,923568
10,48783,110574
10,58783,178580
10,68683,213585
10,79383,811590

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 Dominican Republic, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.