Historical Statistics of the World Economy

Explore historical statistics of the world economy from 1-2008 AD including population, mid-year demographics, and real GDP per capita benchmarks. Find valuable insights and trends to enhance your research and analysis.

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Maddison Project Database, version 2018. Bolt, Jutta, Robert Inklaar, Herman de Jong and Jan Luiten van Zanden (2018), “Rebasing ‘Maddison’: new income comparisons and the shape of long-run economic development” Maddison Project Working Paper, nr. 10, available for download at www.ggdc.net/maddison .


Please refer to www.ggdc.net/maddison for documentation and explanation of the data series


Note: real GDP per capita figures are rounded to the nearest dollar, population figures are rounded to the nearest 1000

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