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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 TanzaniaGermany
32,91281,439
33,95381,474
34,97481,534
36,02181,595
37,10081,566
38,16781,473
39,26281,354
40,38781,190
41,55781,009
42,74180,781
43,88980,500
45,13280,301
46,53180,292
47,96580,443
49,43780,663
50,96581,000
52,60481,704
54,33682,366
56,06282,674
57,76582,923
59,46583,110
61,19183,178
62,94483,213
64,83583,811

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 Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.