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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Japan	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	3,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project