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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 IsraelCongo - KinshasaJapan
5,92751,181126,512
6,08852,782126,755
6,23654,453127,056
6,36656,170127,324
6,48457,860127,558
6,60359,599127,658
6,72361,474127,679
6,84663,479127,762
6,97265,590127,904
7,10067,800127,969
7,22670,114127,958
7,36072,550127,967
7,49875,138127,755
7,63777,792127,476
7,78180,534127,257
7,93183,368127,186
8,09186,229127,034
8,25189,193126,857
8,41292,209126,631
8,57695,232126,368
8,74298,320126,092
8,899101,499125,634
9,047104,767125,427
9,188108,171124,762

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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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; the database as a whole is cited above.