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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 BarbadosSt. LuciaGermany
27315281,439
27415381,474
27515481,534
27615581,595
27815681,566
27915781,473
28015781,354
28115881,190
28215981,009
28316080,781
28516080,500
28616180,301
28716280,292
28816280,443
28916380,663
29016381,000
29116481,704
29116482,366
29216582,674
29316682,923
29416683,110
29416783,178
29516783,213
29516783,811

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.