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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	Greece	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	10,618	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	10,662	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	10,718	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	10,757	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	10,783	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	10,809	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	10,841	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	10,874	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	10,901	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	10,930	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	10,959	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	10,973	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	10,957	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	10,898	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	10,819	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	10,747	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	10,677	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	10,633	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	10,612	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	10,590	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	10,579	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	10,556	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	10,499	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	10,437	174,217

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.

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995