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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Seychelles	Laos	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	78	5,286	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	79	5,397	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	80	5,499	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	81	5,578	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	82	5,654	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	83	5,746	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	84	5,836	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	85	5,931	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	86	6,035	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	87	6,145	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	87	6,257	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	88	6,368	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	89	6,477	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	90	6,586	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	91	6,695	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	92	6,804	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	92	6,912	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	93	7,019	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	94	7,127	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	95	7,234	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	96	7,343	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	97	7,452	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	98	7,560	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	98	7,666	83,811

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