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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 BarbadosPalestinian TerritoriesJapan
2732,996126,512
2743,075126,755
2753,155127,056
2763,235127,324
2783,315127,558
2793,396127,658
2803,478127,679
2813,559127,762
2823,642127,904
2833,727127,969
2853,817127,958
2863,907127,967
2873,997127,755
2884,088127,476
2894,178127,257
2904,269127,186
2914,359127,034
2914,451126,857
2924,533126,631
2934,615126,368
2944,715126,092
2944,820125,634
2954,930125,427
2955,042124,762

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.