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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	Laos	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	5,286	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	5,397	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	5,499	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	5,578	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	5,654	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	5,746	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	5,836	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	5,931	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	6,035	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	6,145	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	6,257	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	6,368	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	6,477	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	6,586	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	6,695	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	6,804	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	6,912	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	7,019	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	7,127	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	7,234	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	7,343	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	7,452	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	7,560	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	7,666	7,387

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 Laos, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.