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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	Iceland	Malta	Romania	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	22,414	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	22,262	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	22,106	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	21,931	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	21,828	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	21,704	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	21,571	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	21,443	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	21,129	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	20,779	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	20,607	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	20,485	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	20,385	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	20,296	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	20,224	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	20,151	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	20,055	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	19,938	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	19,823	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	19,713	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	19,622	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	19,496	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	19,351	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	19,266	83,811

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.