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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	Guinea	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	7,610	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	7,780	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	7,821	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	7,906	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	8,121	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	8,317	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	8,478	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	8,650	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	8,860	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	9,091	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	9,327	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	9,571	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	9,825	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	10,084	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	10,351	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	10,632	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	10,924	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	11,225	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	11,534	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	11,855	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	12,160	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	12,469	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	12,778	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	13,087	295

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 Guinea, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.