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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyMauritaniaMalta
81,4392,437387
81,4742,501390
81,5342,566393
81,5952,632396
81,5662,699398
81,4732,768401
81,3542,838404
81,1902,909405
81,0092,981406
80,7813,055409
80,5003,129412
80,3013,205414
80,2923,282416
80,4433,359420
80,6633,438426
81,0003,517435
81,7043,597445
82,3663,677455
82,6743,759468
82,9233,840485
83,1103,942504
83,1784,045516
83,2134,150518
83,8114,259530

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 Mauritania, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.