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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Montenegro	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	623	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	623	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	623	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	622	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	621	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	621	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	621	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	620	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	620	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	621	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	622	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	623	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	622	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	622	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	622	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	621	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	620	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	618	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	616	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	614	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	613	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	612	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	611	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	610	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.

Montenegro

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.