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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	7,666	530

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.