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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 RepublicGermanySaudi Arabia
8,17581,43919,964
8,30181,47420,426
8,42781,53420,956
8,55381,59521,549
8,67881,56622,189
8,80181,47322,850
8,92481,35423,516
9,04481,19024,178
9,16481,00924,841
9,28180,78125,518
9,39880,50026,227
9,51280,30127,068
9,62780,29227,810
9,74280,44328,516
9,85580,66329,220
9,96581,00029,936
10,07281,70430,646
10,17782,36631,360
10,28182,67432,184
10,38582,92332,869
10,48783,11033,661
10,58783,17834,542
10,68683,21333,651
10,79383,81134,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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