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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 GermanyCubaSt. Lucia
81,43911,108152
81,47411,147153
81,53411,179154
81,59511,210155
81,56611,241156
81,47311,260157
81,35411,268157
81,19011,266158
81,00911,261159
80,78111,258160
80,50011,260160
80,30111,262161
80,29211,264162
80,44311,262162
80,66311,250163
81,00011,238163
81,70411,214164
82,36611,180164
82,67411,147165
82,92311,116166
83,11011,105166
83,17811,089167
83,21311,046167
83,81111,003167

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.

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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