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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	Croatia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	4,377	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	4,334	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	4,171	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	4,176	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	4,176	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	4,179	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	4,182	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	4,183	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	4,183	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	4,181	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	4,177	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	4,167	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	4,154	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	4,141	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	4,126	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	4,109	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	4,081	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	4,047	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	4,006	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,968	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,945	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,925	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,839	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,790	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.

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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