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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Austria	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	8,039	152
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	8,059	153
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,090	154
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,130	155
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,166	156
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	8,217	157
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	8,274	157
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	8,317	158
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	8,344	159
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	8,370	160
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	8,390	160
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	8,410	161
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	8,438	162
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	8,476	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	8,527	163
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	8,594	163
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	8,680	164
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	8,791	164
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	8,847	165
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	8,890	166
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	8,930	166
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	8,969	167
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	9,004	167
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	9,107	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.

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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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.