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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Japan	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	25,808

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.