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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Chile	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	15,140	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	15,340	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	15,513	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	15,686	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	15,859	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	16,029	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	16,222	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	16,364	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	16,536	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	16,700	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	16,864	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	16,999	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	17,189	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	17,378	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	17,545	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	17,720	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	17,904	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	18,099	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	18,350	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	18,681	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	19,035	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	19,385	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	19,604	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	19,715	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.

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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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.