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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 EstoniaGermanyBosnia & Herzegovina
1,37881,4393,811
1,40081,4743,901
1,39181,5343,919
1,38281,5953,923
1,37481,5663,940
1,36581,4733,975
1,35781,3543,991
1,34981,1903,993
1,34181,0093,990
1,33780,7813,987
1,33480,5003,985
1,33280,3013,983
1,32880,2923,980
1,32480,4433,977
1,31980,6633,973
1,31481,0003,968
1,31281,7043,963
1,31482,3663,957
1,31482,6743,951
1,31882,9233,944
1,32383,1103,937
1,32783,1783,929
1,32983,2133,921
1,33083,8113,876

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.

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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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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