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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Finland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	5,166	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	5,176	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	5,188	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	5,201	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	5,213	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	5,228	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	5,246	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	5,266	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	5,289	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	5,313	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	5,339	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	5,363	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	5,388	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	5,414	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	5,439	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	5,463	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	5,481	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	5,495	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	5,508	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	5,516	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	5,522	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	5,531	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	5,542	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	5,556	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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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