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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	Germany	Japan	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	21,889	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.

All data sources

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.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.