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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	Japan	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	126,512	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	126,755	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	127,056	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	127,324	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	127,558	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	127,658	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	127,679	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	127,762	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	127,904	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	127,969	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	127,958	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	127,967	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	127,755	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	127,476	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	127,257	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	127,186	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	127,034	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	126,857	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	126,631	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	126,368	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	126,092	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	125,634	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	125,427	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	124,762	39,252

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.