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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	Iceland	Afghanistan	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,206	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,461	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,507	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	23,600	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	25,005	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	25,698	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	26,335	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	27,154	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	27,387	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	27,706	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	28,484	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	29,121	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	29,758	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	30,420	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	31,108	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	31,823	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	32,564	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	33,332	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	34,125	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	34,941	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	35,972	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	37,034	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	38,127	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	39,252	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.