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

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