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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	Barbados	Dominica	Denmark	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,322	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,339	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,358	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,377	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,391	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,404	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,420	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,438	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	5,461	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	5,494	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	5,524	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	5,548	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	5,571	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,592	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,614	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,644	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,683	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,730	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,766	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,795	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,818	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	5,831	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	5,855	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	5,907	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

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 Barbados, Dominica, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.