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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 SeychellesOmanGermany
782,34881,439
792,40381,474
802,45781,534
812,51081,595
822,56281,566
832,61381,473
842,66381,354
852,71381,190
862,76481,009
872,81680,781
872,87180,500
882,92880,301
892,98680,292
903,04780,443
913,11080,663
923,17481,000
923,24081,704
933,30782,366
943,37582,674
953,44482,923
963,51283,110
973,58283,178
983,65183,213
983,69683,811

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.

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