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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	Qatar	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	627	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	659	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	691	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	724	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	757	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	850	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	1,001	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	1,153	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	1,306	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	1,460	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	1,615	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	1,770	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	1,904	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,010	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,103	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,187	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,261	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,326	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,384	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,435	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,480	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,519	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,553	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,559	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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.