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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	Japan	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	126,512	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	126,755	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	127,056	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	127,324	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	127,558	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	127,658	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	127,679	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	127,762	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	127,904	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	127,969	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	127,958	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	127,967	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	127,755	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	127,476	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	127,257	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	127,186	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	127,034	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	126,857	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	126,631	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	126,368	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	126,092	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	125,634	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	125,427	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	124,762	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.