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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 YemenGermany
16,72881,439
17,23681,474
17,76281,534
18,31081,595
18,85581,566
19,41081,473
20,00081,354
20,61181,190
21,23681,009
21,87880,781
22,53380,500
23,19580,301
23,88080,292
24,59480,443
25,31180,663
26,02081,000
26,69881,704
27,34782,366
27,98582,674
28,60882,923
29,21683,110
29,81183,178
30,39983,213
31,05883,811

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 Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.