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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	Qatar	Laos	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	5,286	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	5,397	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	5,499	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	5,578	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	5,654	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	5,746	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	5,836	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	5,931	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	6,035	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	6,145	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	6,257	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	6,368	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	6,477	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	6,586	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	6,695	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	6,804	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	6,912	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	7,019	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	7,127	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	7,234	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	7,343	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	7,452	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	7,560	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	7,666	83,811

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.

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, Qatar, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.