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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	Moldova	Japan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	126,512	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	126,755	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	127,056	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	127,324	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	127,558	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	127,658	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	127,679	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	127,762	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	127,904	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	127,969	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	127,958	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	127,967	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	127,755	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	127,476	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	127,257	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	127,186	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	127,034	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	126,857	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	126,631	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	126,368	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	126,092	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	125,634	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	125,427	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	124,762	530

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, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.