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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	Tunisia	Germany	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	81,439	387
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	81,474	390
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	81,534	393
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	81,595	396
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	81,566	398
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	81,473	401
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	81,354	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	81,190	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	81,009	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	80,781	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	80,500	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	80,301	414
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	80,292	416
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	80,443	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,663	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	81,000	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	81,704	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	82,366	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	82,674	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	82,923	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	83,110	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	83,178	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	83,213	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	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

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 Tunisia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.