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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 BarbadosJapanYemen
273126,51216,728
274126,75517,236
275127,05617,762
276127,32418,310
278127,55818,855
279127,65819,410
280127,67920,000
281127,76220,611
282127,90421,236
283127,96921,878
285127,95822,533
286127,96723,195
287127,75523,880
288127,47624,594
289127,25725,311
290127,18626,020
291127,03426,698
291126,85727,347
292126,63127,985
293126,36828,608
294126,09229,216
294125,63429,811
295125,42730,399
295124,76231,058

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