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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 KingdomGermanyHondurasChile
58,94681,4396,19815,140
59,14981,4746,36715,340
59,37781,5346,53515,513
59,63181,5956,69815,686
59,90381,5666,86315,859
60,21781,4737,02816,029
60,68281,3547,19416,222
61,09881,1907,35916,364
61,59381,0097,52216,536
62,10080,7817,68216,700
62,53980,5007,83916,864
63,04080,3017,99116,999
63,56780,2928,14117,189
63,98980,4438,28817,378
64,39280,6638,42917,545
64,88581,0008,54617,720
65,40081,7048,66117,904
65,94182,3668,77018,099
66,33582,6748,87818,350
66,73282,9239,00218,681
67,09583,1109,15419,035
67,38083,1789,30419,385
67,65183,2139,44819,604
68,09383,8119,59019,715

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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