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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	Dominican Republic	Germany	Spain	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	40,378	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	40,563	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	40,775	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	41,433	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	42,205	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	42,869	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	43,672	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	44,370	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	45,246	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	45,993	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	46,378	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	46,573	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	46,746	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	46,777	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	46,603	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	46,465	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	46,420	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	46,460	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	46,543	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	46,739	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	47,116	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	47,366	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	47,342	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	47,625	124,762

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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 Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.