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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 Dominican RepublicBosnia & HerzegovinaJapan
8,1753,811126,512
8,3013,901126,755
8,4273,919127,056
8,5533,923127,324
8,6783,940127,558
8,8013,975127,658
8,9243,991127,679
9,0443,993127,762
9,1643,990127,904
9,2813,987127,969
9,3983,985127,958
9,5123,983127,967
9,6273,980127,755
9,7423,977127,476
9,8553,973127,257
9,9653,968127,186
10,0723,963127,034
10,1773,957126,857
10,2813,951126,631
10,3853,944126,368
10,4873,937126,092
10,5873,929125,634
10,6863,921125,427
10,7933,876124,762

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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 Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.