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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	Malta	Japan	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	126,512	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	126,755	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	127,056	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	127,324	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	127,558	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	127,658	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	127,679	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	127,762	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	127,904	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	127,969	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	127,958	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	127,967	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	127,755	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	127,476	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	127,257	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	127,186	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	127,034	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	126,857	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	126,631	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	126,368	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	126,092	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	125,634	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	125,427	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	124,762	7,666

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