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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Japan	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	25,826

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.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.