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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyJapanTrinidad & Tobago
81,439126,5121,301
81,474126,7551,303
81,534127,0561,308
81,595127,3241,314
81,566127,5581,320
81,473127,6581,326
81,354127,6791,332
81,190127,7621,338
81,009127,9041,344
80,781127,9691,352
80,500127,9581,359
80,301127,9671,365
80,292127,7551,372
80,443127,4761,379
80,663127,2571,386
81,000127,1861,392
81,704127,0341,399
82,366126,8571,405
82,674126,6311,411
82,923126,3681,436
83,110126,0921,452
83,178125,6341,448
83,213125,4271,450
83,811124,7621,456

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.

No separate list is published for Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.