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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Japan	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	3,696	39,252

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.

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