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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 TunisiaTrinidad & TobagoGermany
9,4171,30181,439
9,5141,30381,474
9,6131,30881,534
9,7111,31481,595
9,8101,32081,566
9,9061,32681,473
9,9971,33281,354
10,0871,33881,190
10,1781,34481,009
10,2741,35280,781
10,3771,35980,500
10,4911,36580,301
10,6121,37280,292
10,7371,37980,443
10,8661,38680,663
10,9961,39281,000
11,1241,39981,704
11,2481,40582,366
11,3651,41182,674
11,4771,43682,923
11,5831,45283,110
11,6811,44883,178
11,7721,45083,213
11,8621,45683,811

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