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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	Chad	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,559	152
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,821	153
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,092	154
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,395	155
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,763	156
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	9,191	157
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	9,594	157
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	9,967	158
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	10,338	159
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	10,728	160
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	11,139	160
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	11,550	161
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	11,983	162
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	12,427	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	12,895	163
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	13,379	163
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	13,823	164
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	14,277	164
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	14,765	165
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	15,252	166
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	15,750	166
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	16,257	167
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	16,776	167
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	17,307	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 Chad, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.