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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 GuatemalaGermany
11,48781,439
11,72881,474
11,96881,534
12,25881,595
12,55681,566
12,87381,473
13,20081,354
13,51781,190
13,82881,009
14,13980,781
14,45280,500
14,76980,301
15,08880,292
15,40580,443
15,71980,663
16,03081,000
16,33781,704
16,63682,366
16,92982,674
17,22382,923
17,51883,110
17,81283,178
18,10683,213
18,34883,811

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 Guatemala; the database as a whole is cited above.