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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	Qatar	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.