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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	Dominican Republic	Germany	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	3,570	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.

All data sources

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 Dominican Republic, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.