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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	5,286	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	5,397	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	5,499	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	5,578	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	5,654	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	5,746	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	5,836	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	5,931	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	6,035	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	6,145	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	6,257	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	6,477	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	6,586	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	6,695	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	6,804	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	6,912	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	7,019	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	7,127	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	7,234	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	7,343	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	7,452	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	7,560	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	7,666	651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.