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East Germany: Population

Millions of people · 1950–1989 · 40 observations · pop

1989
16.4 millionpeople
Change on 1988
−1.4%year on year
Average growth, 1979–1989
−0.2%a year

Population

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16M16.5M17M17.5M18M18.5M19501955196019651970197519801985East GermanyEast Germany
People

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
198916.4
198816.7
198716.7
198616.6
198516.7
198416.7
198316.7
198216.7
198116.7
198016.7

Sources

  • COMECON1950–1989

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East Germany documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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