World GDP per capita and population aggregate time series

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Last modified:2026-05-10 09:22:39

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Returns the world aggregate series from the Maddison Project's Regional data sheet. Covers world GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars (PPP) and world population in thousands of people. The Maddison world aggregate is population-weighted across the member countries where data are available. Pre-1950 observations land on the Maddison milestone year grid (1820, 1830, 1840, 1870, 1890, 1900, 1913, 1929, 1938); annual from 1950 through 2022. Do not assume uniform spacing before 1950. Published under CC BY 4.0 by Bolt and van Zanden at the University of Groningen.

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Year-ordered world observations with gdppc and pop.

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{
    "data": {
        "region": "World",
        "observations": [
            {
                "year": 2022,
                "gdppc": 0,
                "pop": 0
            }
        ],
        "count": 78,
        "start_year": 0,
        "end_year": 0
    },
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        "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
        "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
        "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
        "source": "string",
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        "fallback_chain": [
            "string"
        ],
        "cached": true
    }
}

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Modified at 2026-05-10 09:22:39

Long-run GDP and population time series for one country

Regional GDP per capita and population for all 8 Maddison regions