Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Paraguay	Germany	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	81,439	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	81,474	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	81,534	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	81,595	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	81,566	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	81,473	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	81,354	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	81,190	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	81,009	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	80,781	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	80,500	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	80,301	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	80,292	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	80,443	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	80,663	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	81,000	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	81,704	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	82,366	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	82,674	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	82,923	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	83,110	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	83,178	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	83,213	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	83,811	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, Paraguay, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.