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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	St. Lucia	Germany	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	152	81,439	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	153	81,474	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	154	81,534	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	155	81,595	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	156	81,566	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	157	81,473	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	157	81,354	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	158	81,190	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	159	81,009	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	160	80,781	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	160	80,500	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	161	80,301	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	162	80,292	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	162	80,443	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	163	80,663	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	163	81,000	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	164	81,704	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	164	82,366	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	165	82,674	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	166	82,923	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	166	83,110	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	167	83,178	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	167	83,213	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	167	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 St. Lucia, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.