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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	Thailand	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	59,748	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	60,165	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	60,746	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	61,323	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	61,884	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	62,425	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	62,956	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	63,467	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	63,937	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	64,381	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	64,804	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	65,208	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	65,599	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	65,970	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	66,332	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	66,673	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	66,975	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	67,250	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	67,506	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	67,750	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	67,975	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	68,180	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	68,366	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	68,457	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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

No separate list is published for Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.