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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	Germany	Dominican Republic	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	8,175	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	8,301	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	8,427	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	8,553	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	8,678	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	8,801	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	8,924	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	9,044	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	9,164	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	9,281	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	9,398	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	9,512	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	9,627	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	9,742	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	9,855	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	9,965	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	10,072	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	10,177	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	10,281	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	10,385	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	10,487	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	10,587	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	10,686	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	10,793	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.

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