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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Iceland | Central African Republic | Japan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 277 | 3,889 | 126,512 | |
| 281 | 3,980 | 126,755 | |
| 285 | 4,054 | 127,056 | |
| 288 | 4,128 | 127,324 | |
| 289 | 4,215 | 127,558 | |
| 293 | 4,289 | 127,658 | |
| 296 | 4,363 | 127,679 | |
| 304 | 4,449 | 127,762 | |
| 311 | 4,544 | 127,904 | |
| 319 | 4,641 | 127,969 | |
| 319 | 4,742 | 127,958 | |
| 318 | 4,845 | 127,967 | |
| 319 | 4,950 | 127,755 | |
| 321 | 5,057 | 127,476 | |
| 324 | 5,167 | 127,257 | |
| 327 | 5,278 | 127,186 | |
| 331 | 5,392 | 127,034 | |
| 335 | 5,507 | 126,857 | |
| 343 | 5,625 | 126,631 | |
| 353 | 5,745 | 126,368 | |
| 361 | 5,874 | 126,092 | |
| 366 | 6,025 | 125,634 | |
| 372 | 6,154 | 125,427 | |
| 380 | 6,291 | 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.
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 Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.