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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	North Macedonia	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,006	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,017	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,026	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,011	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,018	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,024	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,028	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,031	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,035	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,038	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,042	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,046	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,049	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,052	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,055	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,058	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,061	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,063	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,065	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,067	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,068	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,065	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,057	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.