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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosJapanCongo - Kinshasa
273126,51251,181
274126,75552,782
275127,05654,453
276127,32456,170
278127,55857,860
279127,65859,599
280127,67961,474
281127,76263,479
282127,90465,590
283127,96967,800
285127,95870,114
286127,96772,550
287127,75575,138
288127,47677,792
289127,25780,534
290127,18683,368
291127,03486,229
291126,85789,193
292126,63192,209
293126,36895,232
294126,09298,320
294125,634101,499
295125,427104,767
295124,762108,171

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.

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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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.