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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 - KinshasaCambodiaJapan
51,18112,122126,512
52,78212,317126,755
54,45312,504127,056
56,17012,691127,324
57,86012,881127,558
59,59913,076127,658
61,47413,276127,679
63,47913,461127,762
65,59013,630127,904
67,80013,808127,969
70,11413,990127,958
72,55014,162127,967
75,13814,322127,755
77,79214,480127,476
80,53414,637127,257
83,36814,793127,186
86,22914,994127,034
89,19315,238126,857
92,20915,480126,631
95,23215,717126,368
98,32015,944126,092
101,49916,149125,634
104,76716,338125,427
108,17116,514124,762

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