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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Malaysia	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	22,132	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	22,695	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	23,291	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	23,874	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	24,437	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	24,993	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	25,543	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	26,086	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	26,620	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	27,161	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	27,715	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	28,268	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	28,750	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	29,163	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	29,568	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	29,977	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	30,387	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	30,782	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	31,164	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	31,539	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	31,903	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	32,257	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	32,603	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	32,956	5,042

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.

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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