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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	Moldova	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	4,244	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	4,199	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	4,154	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	4,108	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	4,059	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	4,013	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	3,966	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	3,919	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	3,873	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	3,829	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	3,788	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	3,748	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	3,709	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	3,671	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	3,633	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	3,595	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	3,558	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	3,522	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	3,485	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	3,448	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	3,412	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	3,376	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	3,339	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	3,570	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, Moldova, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.