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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 SenegalGermanyBarbados
10,07081,439273
10,30581,474274
10,57681,534275
10,86481,595276
11,17281,566278
11,49881,473279
11,83981,354280
12,20481,190281
12,58481,009282
12,97880,781283
13,38280,500285
13,79480,301286
14,22680,292287
14,66880,443288
15,12180,663289
15,58981,000290
16,06681,704291
16,54982,366291
17,04482,674292
17,53582,923293
18,02183,110294
18,51883,178294
19,01683,213295
19,51283,811295

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 Senegal, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.