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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosJapanOmanMorocco
273126,5122,34828,400
274126,7552,40328,744
275127,0562,45729,094
276127,3242,51029,447
278127,5582,56229,806
279127,6582,61330,169
280127,6792,66330,552
281127,7622,71330,953
282127,9042,76431,354
283127,9692,81631,754
285127,9582,87132,154
286127,9672,92832,553
287127,7552,98632,951
288127,4763,04733,346
289127,2573,11033,737
290127,1863,17434,124
291127,0343,24034,511
291126,8573,30734,898
292126,6313,37535,279
293126,3683,44435,653
294126,0923,51236,018
294125,6343,58236,375
295125,4273,65136,723
295124,7623,69637,101

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