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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 United KingdomGermanyDominicaMorocco
58,94681,4397028,400
59,14981,4747128,744
59,37781,5347129,094
59,63181,5957229,447
59,90381,5667229,806
60,21781,4737230,169
60,68281,3547230,552
61,09881,1907230,953
61,59381,0097231,354
62,10080,7817331,754
62,53980,5007332,154
63,04080,3017332,553
63,56780,2927332,951
63,98980,4437333,346
64,39280,6637333,737
64,88581,0007334,124
65,40081,7047434,511
65,94182,3667434,898
66,33582,6747435,279
66,73282,9237435,653
67,09583,1107536,018
67,38083,1787536,375
67,65183,2137636,723
68,09383,8117637,101

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

United Kingdom

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • 1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • 1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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 Dominica, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.