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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	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	2,348	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	2,403	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	2,457	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	2,510	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	2,562	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	2,613	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	2,663	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	2,713	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	2,764	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	2,816	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	2,871	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	2,928	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	2,986	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	3,047	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	3,110	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	3,174	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	3,240	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	3,307	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	3,375	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	3,444	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	3,512	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	3,582	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	3,651	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	3,696	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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