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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	Eswatini	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	1,033	138
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	1,032	141
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	1,030	144
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	1,028	147
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	1,026	151
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	1,025	154
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	1,023	158
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	1,021	161
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	1,019	165
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	1,017	168
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	1,017	172
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	1,019	176
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	1,024	180
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	1,032	183
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	1,041	187
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	1,051	190
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	1,060	194
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	1,069	198
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	1,078	201
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	1,087	204
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	1,096	208
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	1,106	212
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	1,117	216
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	1,126	220

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 Eswatini, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.