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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 BarbadosJapanCôte d’Ivoire
273126,51217,106
274126,75517,552
275127,05618,010
276127,32418,438
278127,55818,895
279127,65819,432
280127,67919,968
281127,76220,512
282127,90421,097
283127,96921,699
285127,95822,285
286127,96722,845
287127,75523,343
288127,47623,879
289127,25724,492
290127,18625,104
291127,03425,719
291126,85726,348
292126,63126,984
293126,36827,614
294126,09228,252
294125,63428,895
295125,42729,546
295124,76230,279

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.