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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Mali	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	10,596	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	10,833	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	10,890	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	11,007	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	11,307	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	11,579	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	11,804	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	12,043	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	12,337	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	12,657	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	12,986	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	13,325	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	13,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	14,040	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	14,412	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	14,803	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	15,210	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	15,629	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	16,060	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	16,507	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	16,967	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	17,442	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	17,930	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	18,494	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.

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