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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	Barbados	Central African Republic	Germany	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	81,439	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	81,474	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	81,534	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	81,595	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	81,566	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	81,473	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	81,354	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	81,190	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	81,009	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	80,781	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	80,500	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	80,301	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	80,292	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	80,443	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	80,663	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	81,000	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	81,704	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	82,366	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	82,674	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	82,923	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	83,110	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	83,178	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	83,213	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	83,811	530

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 Barbados, Central African Republic, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.