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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Barbados	Albania	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	3,085	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	3,065	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	3,047	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	3,038	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	3,026	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	3,014	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	2,998	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	2,979	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	2,957	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	2,934	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	2,915	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	2,900	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	2,892	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	2,888	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	2,882	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	2,876	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	2,868	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	2,863	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	2,861	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	2,854	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	2,842	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	2,825	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	2,799	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	2,787	124,762

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Barbados, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.