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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	Qatar	Japan	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	126,512	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	126,755	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	127,056	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	127,324	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	127,558	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	127,658	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	127,679	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	127,762	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	127,904	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	127,969	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	127,958	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	127,967	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	127,755	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	127,476	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	127,257	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	127,186	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	127,034	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	126,857	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	126,631	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	126,368	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	126,092	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	125,634	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	125,427	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	124,762	1,330

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