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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	Japan	Albania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	3,085	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	3,065	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	3,047	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	3,038	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	3,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	3,014	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	2,998	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	2,979	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	2,957	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	2,934	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	2,915	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	2,900	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	2,892	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	2,888	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	2,882	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	2,876	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	2,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	2,863	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	2,861	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	2,854	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	2,842	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	2,825	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	2,799	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	2,787	167

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

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, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.