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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	Lebanon	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,460	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,499	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,554	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,610	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,665	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,721	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,777	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,853	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,954	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	4,036	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	4,082	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	4,097	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	4,115	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	4,206	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	4,696	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	5,365	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	5,640	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	5,688	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	5,680	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	5,562	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	5,331	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	4,986	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	4,802	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	4,713	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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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