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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 RepublicTrinidad & TobagoGermany
8,1751,30181,439
8,3011,30381,474
8,4271,30881,534
8,5531,31481,595
8,6781,32081,566
8,8011,32681,473
8,9241,33281,354
9,0441,33881,190
9,1641,34481,009
9,2811,35280,781
9,3981,35980,500
9,5121,36580,301
9,6271,37280,292
9,7421,37980,443
9,8551,38680,663
9,9651,39281,000
10,0721,39981,704
10,1771,40582,366
10,2811,41182,674
10,3851,43682,923
10,4871,45283,110
10,5871,44883,178
10,6861,45083,213
10,7931,45683,811

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.