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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosJapanBurkina FasoBosnia & Herzegovina
273126,51211,0753,811
274126,75511,4053,901
275127,05611,8283,919
276127,32412,3803,923
278127,55812,8293,940
279127,65813,1783,975
280127,67913,5403,991
281127,76213,9173,993
282127,90414,3093,990
283127,96914,7223,987
285127,95815,1523,985
286127,96715,6003,983
287127,75516,0643,980
288127,47616,5633,977
289127,25717,0723,973
290127,18617,5753,968
291127,03418,0943,963
291126,85718,6213,957
292126,63119,1573,951
293126,36819,6983,944
294126,09220,2423,937
294125,63420,7883,929
295125,42721,3363,921
295124,76221,8893,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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