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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 United Arab EmiratesCongo - KinshasaJapan
3,10151,181126,512
3,28452,782126,755
3,45854,453127,056
3,61356,170127,324
3,75457,860127,558
3,88259,599127,658
4,00061,474127,679
4,53263,479127,762
5,62365,590127,904
7,27767,800127,969
8,16470,114127,958
8,15272,550127,967
8,43875,138127,755
8,74777,792127,476
9,07780,534127,257
9,32183,368127,186
9,46186,229127,034
9,58789,193126,857
9,69992,209126,631
9,79695,232126,368
9,87998,320126,092
9,953101,499125,634
10,018104,767125,427
10,099108,171124,762

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.

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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

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 United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.