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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosJapanUkraine
273126,51249,491
274126,75549,014
275127,05648,520
276127,32448,074
278127,55847,692
279127,65847,342
280127,67947,003
281127,76246,685
282127,90446,407
283127,96946,156
285127,95845,951
286127,96745,768
287127,75545,604
288127,47645,492
289127,25745,389
290127,18644,944
291127,03444,429
291126,85744,208
292126,63144,029
293126,36843,944
294126,09243,951
294125,63443,904
295125,42743,746
295124,76239,897

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.

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