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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 SudanGermany
26,16881,439
26,77181,474
27,38781,534
28,01781,595
28,66281,566
29,32181,473
29,99681,354
30,68681,190
31,39381,009
32,13780,781
33,07880,500
33,89180,301
34,56880,292
35,29380,443
36,09380,663
37,05881,000
38,16581,704
39,29482,366
40,51282,674
41,76482,923
42,95283,110
44,12183,178
45,29083,213
46,49883,811

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.