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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	Romania	Burkina Faso	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	11,075	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	11,405	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	11,828	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	12,380	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	12,829	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	13,178	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	13,540	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	13,917	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	14,309	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	14,722	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	15,152	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	15,600	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	16,064	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	16,563	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	17,072	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	17,575	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	18,094	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	18,621	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	19,157	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	19,698	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	20,242	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	20,788	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	21,336	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	21,889	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.

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.