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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	Dominica	Germany	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	81,439	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	81,474	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	81,534	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	81,595	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	81,566	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	81,473	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	81,354	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	81,190	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	81,009	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	80,781	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	80,500	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	80,301	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	80,292	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	80,443	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,663	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	81,000	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	81,704	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	82,366	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	82,674	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	82,923	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	83,110	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	83,178	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	83,213	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	83,811	7,666

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 Dominica, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.