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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	Eswatini	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	1,033	152
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	1,032	153
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	1,030	154
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	1,028	155
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	1,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	1,025	157
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	1,023	157
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	1,021	158
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	1,019	159
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	1,017	160
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	1,017	160
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	1,019	161
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	1,024	162
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	1,032	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	1,041	163
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	1,051	163
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	1,060	164
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	1,069	164
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	1,078	165
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	1,087	166
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	1,096	166
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	1,106	167
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	1,117	167
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	1,126	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 Eswatini, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.