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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 TunisiaGermanyTrinidad & Tobago
9,41781,4391,301
9,51481,4741,303
9,61381,5341,308
9,71181,5951,314
9,81081,5661,320
9,90681,4731,326
9,99781,3541,332
10,08781,1901,338
10,17881,0091,344
10,27480,7811,352
10,37780,5001,359
10,49180,3011,365
10,61280,2921,372
10,73780,4431,379
10,86680,6631,386
10,99681,0001,392
11,12481,7041,399
11,24882,3661,405
11,36582,6741,411
11,47782,9231,436
11,58383,1101,452
11,68183,1781,448
11,77283,2131,450
11,86283,8111,456

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 Tunisia, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.