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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	Paraguay	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	5,366	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	5,473	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	5,579	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	5,683	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	5,786	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	5,886	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	5,984	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	6,080	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	6,173	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	6,264	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	6,352	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	6,438	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	6,522	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	6,605	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	6,688	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	6,769	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	6,850	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	6,930	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	7,012	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	7,095	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	7,179	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	7,263	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	7,348	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	7,432	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, Paraguay, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.