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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaOmanBurkina FasoJapan
702,34811,075126,512
712,40311,405126,755
712,45711,828127,056
722,51012,380127,324
722,56212,829127,558
722,61313,178127,658
722,66313,540127,679
722,71313,917127,762
722,76414,309127,904
732,81614,722127,969
732,87115,152127,958
732,92815,600127,967
732,98616,064127,755
733,04716,563127,476
733,11017,072127,257
733,17417,575127,186
743,24018,094127,034
743,30718,621126,857
743,37519,157126,631
743,44419,698126,368
753,51220,242126,092
753,58220,788125,634
763,65121,336125,427
763,69621,889124,762

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 Dominica, Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.