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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	Finland	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	5,166	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	5,176	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	5,188	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	5,201	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	5,213	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	5,228	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	5,246	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	5,266	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	5,289	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	5,313	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	5,339	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	5,363	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	5,388	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	5,414	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	5,439	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	5,463	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	5,481	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	5,495	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	5,508	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	5,516	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	5,522	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	5,531	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	5,542	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	5,556	19,266

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.