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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	5,286	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	5,397	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	5,499	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	5,578	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	5,654	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	5,746	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	5,836	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	5,931	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	6,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	6,145	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	6,257	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	6,368	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	6,477	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	6,586	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	6,695	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	6,804	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	6,912	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	7,019	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	7,127	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	7,234	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	7,343	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	7,452	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	7,560	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	7,666	167

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.

All data sources

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.