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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	Malta	Afghanistan	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,206	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,461	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,507	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	396	23,600	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	398	25,005	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	401	25,698	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	404	26,335	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	405	27,154	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	406	27,387	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	409	27,706	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	412	28,484	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	414	29,121	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	416	29,758	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	420	30,420	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	426	31,108	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	435	31,823	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	445	32,564	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	455	33,332	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	468	34,125	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	485	34,941	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	504	35,972	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	516	37,034	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	518	38,127	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	530	39,252	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.

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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 Malta, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.