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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Oman	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	2,348	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	2,403	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	2,457	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	2,510	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	2,562	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	2,613	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	2,663	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	2,713	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	2,764	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	2,816	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	2,871	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	2,928	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	2,986	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	3,047	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	3,110	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	3,174	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	3,240	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	3,307	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	3,375	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	3,444	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	3,512	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	3,582	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	3,651	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	3,696	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.

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.