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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	Germany	Paraguay	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	5,366	152
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	5,473	153
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	5,579	154
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	5,683	155
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	5,786	156
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	5,886	157
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	5,984	157
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	6,080	158
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	6,173	159
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	6,264	160
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	6,352	160
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	6,438	161
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	6,522	162
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	6,605	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	6,688	163
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	6,769	163
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	6,850	164
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	6,930	164
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	7,012	165
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	7,095	166
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	7,179	166
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	7,263	167
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	7,348	167
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	7,432	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.

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