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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 Central African RepublicJapanBosnia & Herzegovina
3,889126,5123,811
3,980126,7553,901
4,054127,0563,919
4,128127,3243,923
4,215127,5583,940
4,289127,6583,975
4,363127,6793,991
4,449127,7623,993
4,544127,9043,990
4,641127,9693,987
4,742127,9583,985
4,845127,9673,983
4,950127,7553,980
5,057127,4763,977
5,167127,2573,973
5,278127,1863,968
5,392127,0343,963
5,507126,8573,957
5,625126,6313,951
5,745126,3683,944
5,874126,0923,937
6,025125,6343,929
6,154125,4273,921
6,291124,7623,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.