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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Barbados | Japan | Djibouti |
|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | 126,512 | 646 | |
| 274 | 126,755 | 669 | |
| 275 | 127,056 | 693 | |
| 276 | 127,324 | 716 | |
| 278 | 127,558 | 691 | |
| 279 | 127,658 | 657 | |
| 280 | 127,679 | 666 | |
| 281 | 127,762 | 679 | |
| 282 | 127,904 | 694 | |
| 283 | 127,969 | 709 | |
| 285 | 127,958 | 725 | |
| 286 | 127,967 | 741 | |
| 287 | 127,755 | 757 | |
| 288 | 127,476 | 774 | |
| 289 | 127,257 | 792 | |
| 290 | 127,186 | 810 | |
| 291 | 127,034 | 828 | |
| 291 | 126,857 | 847 | |
| 292 | 126,631 | 865 | |
| 293 | 126,368 | 884 | |
| 294 | 126,092 | 898 | |
| 294 | 125,634 | 912 | |
| 295 | 125,427 | 924 | |
| 295 | 124,762 | 937 |
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.
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, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.