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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	Yemen	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	16,728	152
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	17,236	153
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	17,762	154
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	18,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	18,855	156
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	19,410	157
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	20,000	157
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	20,611	158
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	21,236	159
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	21,878	160
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	22,533	160
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	23,195	161
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	23,880	162
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	24,594	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	25,311	163
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	26,020	163
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	26,698	164
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	27,347	164
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	27,985	165
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	28,608	166
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	29,216	166
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	29,811	167
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	30,399	167
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	31,058	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 Yemen, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.