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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LuxembourgRomaniaOmanGermany
43322,4142,34881,439
43822,2622,40381,474
44322,1062,45781,534
44821,9312,51081,595
45421,8282,56281,566
46021,7042,61381,473
46721,5712,66381,354
47421,4432,71381,190
48221,1292,76481,009
49120,7792,81680,781
50020,6072,87180,500
50920,4852,92880,301
52120,3852,98680,292
53320,2963,04780,443
54720,2243,11080,663
56020,1513,17481,000
57120,0553,24081,704
58619,9383,30782,366
59919,8233,37582,674
61019,7133,44482,923
62319,6223,51283,110
63319,4963,58283,178
64319,3513,65183,213
65119,2663,69683,811

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.

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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 Luxembourg, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.