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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	Italy	Germany	Malaysia	Greece
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	81,439	22,132	10,618
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	81,474	22,695	10,662
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	81,534	23,291	10,718
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	81,595	23,874	10,757
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	81,566	24,437	10,783
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	81,473	24,993	10,809
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	81,354	25,543	10,841
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	81,190	26,086	10,874
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	81,009	26,620	10,901
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	80,781	27,161	10,930
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	80,500	27,715	10,959
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	80,301	28,268	10,973
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	80,292	28,750	10,957
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	80,443	29,163	10,898
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	80,663	29,568	10,819
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	81,000	29,977	10,747
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	81,704	30,387	10,677
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	82,366	30,782	10,633
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	82,674	31,164	10,612
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	82,923	31,539	10,590
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	83,110	31,903	10,579
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	83,178	32,257	10,556
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	83,213	32,603	10,499
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	83,811	32,956	10,437

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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995