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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	Yemen	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	31,058	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 Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.