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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	Mali	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,596	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,833	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,890	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	396	11,007	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	398	11,307	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	401	11,579	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	404	11,804	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	405	12,043	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	406	12,337	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	409	12,657	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	412	12,986	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	414	13,325	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	416	13,679	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	420	14,040	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	426	14,412	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	435	14,803	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	445	15,210	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	455	15,629	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	468	16,060	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	485	16,507	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	504	16,967	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	516	17,442	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	518	17,930	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	530	18,494	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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.