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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 RepublicGermanyLuxembourg
8,17581,439433
8,30181,474438
8,42781,534443
8,55381,595448
8,67881,566454
8,80181,473460
8,92481,354467
9,04481,190474
9,16481,009482
9,28180,781491
9,39880,500500
9,51280,301509
9,62780,292521
9,74280,443533
9,85580,663547
9,96581,000560
10,07281,704571
10,17782,366586
10,28182,674599
10,38582,923610
10,48783,110623
10,58783,178633
10,68683,213643
10,79383,811651

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