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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 Congo - KinshasaDenmarkJapan
51,1815,322126,512
52,7825,339126,755
54,4535,358127,056
56,1705,377127,324
57,8605,391127,558
59,5995,404127,658
61,4745,420127,679
63,4795,438127,762
65,5905,461127,904
67,8005,494127,969
70,1145,524127,958
72,5505,548127,967
75,1385,571127,755
77,7925,592127,476
80,5345,614127,257
83,3685,644127,186
86,2295,683127,034
89,1935,730126,857
92,2095,766126,631
95,2325,795126,368
98,3205,818126,092
101,4995,831125,634
104,7675,855125,427
108,1715,907124,762

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.