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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyJapanDominican Republic
81,439126,5128,175
81,474126,7558,301
81,534127,0568,427
81,595127,3248,553
81,566127,5588,678
81,473127,6588,801
81,354127,6798,924
81,190127,7629,044
81,009127,9049,164
80,781127,9699,281
80,500127,9589,398
80,301127,9679,512
80,292127,7559,627
80,443127,4769,742
80,663127,2579,855
81,000127,1869,965
81,704127,03410,072
82,366126,85710,177
82,674126,63110,281
82,923126,36810,385
83,110126,09210,487
83,178125,63410,587
83,213125,42710,686
83,811124,76210,793

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.

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.