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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	Portugal	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,144	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,215	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,344	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,383	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,408	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,427	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,446	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,467	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,482	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,492	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,497	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,481	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,439	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,382	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,326	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,283	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,251	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,226	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,209	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,212	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,223	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,214	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,200	124,762

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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; the database as a whole is cited above.