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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Ghana	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	19,327	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	19,792	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	20,280	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	20,806	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	21,350	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	21,900	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	22,469	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	23,058	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	23,661	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	24,270	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	24,899	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	25,559	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	26,244	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	26,945	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	27,664	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	28,405	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	29,146	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	29,879	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	30,617	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	31,362	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	32,111	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	32,864	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	33,622	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	34,280	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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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