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GDP per capita, long-run history by country

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices)

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

GDP per capita, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	32,088	32,395
Dec 31, 2000	33,367	33,211
Dec 31, 2001	34,260	33,246
Dec 31, 2002	34,591	33,195
Dec 31, 2003	34,716	33,620
Dec 31, 2004	35,529	34,314
Dec 31, 2005	36,206	34,858
Dec 31, 2006	38,014	35,333
Dec 31, 2007	39,752	35,893
Dec 31, 2008	40,715	35,496
Dec 31, 2009	38,963	33,590
Dec 31, 2010	41,110	35,011
Dec 31, 2011	43,189	34,979
Dec 31, 2012	43,288	35,537
Dec 31, 2013	43,359	36,312
Dec 31, 2014	44,133	36,440
Dec 31, 2015	44,405	37,053
Dec 31, 2016	45,030	37,385
Dec 31, 2017	46,065	38,079
Dec 31, 2018	46,377	38,404
Dec 31, 2019	46,762	38,333
Dec 31, 2020	44,996	36,827
Dec 31, 2021	46,159	37,678
Dec 31, 2022	46,648	38,269

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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.