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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	2,348	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	2,403	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	2,457	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	2,510	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	2,562	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	2,613	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	2,663	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	2,713	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	2,764	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	2,816	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	2,871	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	2,928	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	2,986	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	3,047	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	3,110	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	3,174	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	3,240	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	3,307	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	3,375	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	3,444	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	3,512	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	3,582	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	3,651	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	3,696	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.