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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	2,348	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	2,403	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	2,457	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	2,510	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	2,562	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	2,613	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	2,663	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	2,713	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	2,764	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	2,816	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	2,871	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	2,928	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	2,986	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	3,047	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	3,110	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	3,174	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	3,240	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	3,307	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	3,375	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	3,444	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	3,512	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	3,582	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	3,651	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	3,696	10,200

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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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