Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Four countries are being compared, the most the chart can show clearly. Remove one to add another.

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 Dominican RepublicGermanyCape VerdeBosnia & Herzegovina
8,17581,4394223,811
8,30181,4744303,901
8,42781,5344383,919
8,55381,5954473,923
8,67881,5664553,940
8,80181,4734633,975
8,92481,3544713,991
9,04481,1904783,993
9,16481,0094863,990
9,28180,7814943,987
9,39880,5005013,985
9,51280,3015093,983
9,62780,2925163,980
9,74280,4435243,977
9,85580,6635313,973
9,96581,0005393,968
10,07281,7045463,963
10,17782,3665533,957
10,28182,6745623,951
10,38582,9235683,944
10,48783,1105743,937
10,58783,1785803,929
10,68683,2135853,921
10,79383,8115903,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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