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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 BarbadosEstoniaJapan
2731,378126,512
2741,400126,755
2751,391127,056
2761,382127,324
2781,374127,558
2791,365127,658
2801,357127,679
2811,349127,762
2821,341127,904
2831,337127,969
2851,334127,958
2861,332127,967
2871,328127,755
2881,324127,476
2891,319127,257
2901,314127,186
2911,312127,034
2911,314126,857
2921,314126,631
2931,318126,368
2941,323126,092
2941,327125,634
2951,329125,427
2951,330124,762

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