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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosJapanVietnam
273126,51278,394
274126,75579,472
275127,05680,546
276127,32481,637
278127,55882,720
279127,65883,821
280127,67984,942
281127,76286,036
282127,90487,136
283127,96988,253
285127,95889,373
286127,96790,481
287127,75591,591
288127,47692,720
289127,25793,883
290127,18695,055
291127,03496,222
291126,85797,380
292126,63198,507
293126,36899,604
294126,092100,695
294125,634101,771
295125,427102,815
295124,762103,574

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