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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	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	126,512	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	126,755	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	127,056	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	127,324	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	127,558	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	127,658	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	127,679	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	127,762	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	127,904	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	127,969	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	127,958	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	127,967	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	127,755	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	127,476	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	127,257	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	127,186	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	127,034	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	126,857	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	126,631	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	126,368	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	126,092	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	125,634	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	125,427	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	124,762	19,715

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.