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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Germany	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	7,666

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 Barbados, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.