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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	Philippines	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	79,346	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	81,131	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	83,023	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	84,876	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	86,697	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	88,568	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	90,418	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	92,253	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	94,098	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	95,923	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	97,627	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	99,317	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	100,999	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	102,618	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	104,299	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	106,076	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	107,868	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	109,493	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	111,094	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	112,843	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	114,636	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	117,026	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	119,473	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	121,234	9,107

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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;