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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	Mali	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,596	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,833	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,890	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	11,007	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	11,307	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	11,579	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	11,804	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	12,043	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	12,337	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	12,657	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	12,986	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	13,325	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	13,679	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,040	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	14,412	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	14,803	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	15,210	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	15,629	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	16,060	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	16,507	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	16,967	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	17,442	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	17,930	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	18,494	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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.