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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Trinidad & Tobago	Germany	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	1,301	81,439	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	1,303	81,474	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	1,308	81,534	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	1,314	81,595	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	1,320	81,566	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	1,326	81,473	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	1,332	81,354	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	1,338	81,190	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	1,344	81,009	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	1,352	80,781	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	1,359	80,500	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	1,365	80,301	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	1,372	80,292	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	1,379	80,443	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	1,386	80,663	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	1,392	81,000	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	1,399	81,704	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	1,405	82,366	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	1,411	82,674	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	1,436	82,923	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	1,452	83,110	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	1,448	83,178	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	1,450	83,213	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	1,456	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 Trinidad & Tobago, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.