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

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.