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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	Dominican Republic	Germany	Laos	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	5,286	78
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	5,397	79
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	5,499	80
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	5,578	81
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	5,654	82
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	5,746	83
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	5,836	84
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	5,931	85
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	6,035	86
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	6,145	87
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	6,257	87
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	6,368	88
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	6,477	89
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	6,586	90
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	6,695	91
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	6,804	92
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	6,912	92
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	7,019	93
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	7,127	94
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	7,234	95
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	7,343	96
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	7,452	97
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	7,560	98
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	7,666	98

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.

All data sources

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 Dominican Republic, Laos, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.