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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 - KinshasaJapanEstonia
51,181126,5121,378
52,782126,7551,400
54,453127,0561,391
56,170127,3241,382
57,860127,5581,374
59,599127,6581,365
61,474127,6791,357
63,479127,7621,349
65,590127,9041,341
67,800127,9691,337
70,114127,9581,334
72,550127,9671,332
75,138127,7551,328
77,792127,4761,324
80,534127,2571,319
83,368127,1861,314
86,229127,0341,312
89,193126,8571,314
92,209126,6311,314
95,232126,3681,318
98,320126,0921,323
101,499125,6341,327
104,767125,4271,329
108,171124,7621,330

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.

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