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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Germany	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	81,439	387
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	81,474	390
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	81,534	393
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	81,595	396
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	81,566	398
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	81,473	401
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	81,354	404
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	81,190	405
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	81,009	406
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	80,781	409
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	80,500	412
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	80,301	414
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	80,292	416
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	80,443	420
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	80,663	426
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	81,000	435
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	81,704	445
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	82,366	455
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	82,674	468
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	82,923	485
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	83,110	504
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	83,178	516
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	83,213	518
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	83,811	530

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.