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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosGermanySt. Lucia
27381,439152
27481,474153
27581,534154
27681,595155
27881,566156
27981,473157
28081,354157
28181,190158
28281,009159
28380,781160
28580,500160
28680,301161
28780,292162
28880,443162
28980,663163
29081,000163
29181,704164
29182,366164
29282,674165
29382,923166
29483,110166
29483,178167
29583,213167
29583,811167

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