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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 MaliBosnia & HerzegovinaGermany
10,5963,81181,439
10,8333,90181,474
10,8903,91981,534
11,0073,92381,595
11,3073,94081,566
11,5793,97581,473
11,8043,99181,354
12,0433,99381,190
12,3373,99081,009
12,6573,98780,781
12,9863,98580,500
13,3253,98380,301
13,6793,98080,292
14,0403,97780,443
14,4123,97380,663
14,8033,96881,000
15,2103,96381,704
15,6293,95782,366
16,0603,95182,674
16,5073,94482,923
16,9673,93783,110
17,4423,92983,178
17,9303,92183,213
18,4943,87683,811

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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 Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.