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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosJapanDenmark
273126,5125,322
274126,7555,339
275127,0565,358
276127,3245,377
278127,5585,391
279127,6585,404
280127,6795,420
281127,7625,438
282127,9045,461
283127,9695,494
285127,9585,524
286127,9675,548
287127,7555,571
288127,4765,592
289127,2575,614
290127,1865,644
291127,0345,683
291126,8575,730
292126,6315,766
293126,3685,795
294126,0925,818
294125,6345,831
295125,4275,855
295124,7625,907

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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.