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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	Oman	Japan	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	126,512	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	126,755	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	127,056	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	127,324	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	127,558	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	127,658	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	127,679	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	127,762	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	127,904	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	127,969	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	127,958	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	127,967	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	127,755	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	127,476	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	127,257	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	127,186	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	127,034	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	126,857	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	126,631	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	126,368	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	126,092	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	125,634	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	125,427	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	124,762	2,559

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, Oman, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.