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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 JapanAlbaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
126,5123,0853,811
126,7553,0653,901
127,0563,0473,919
127,3243,0383,923
127,5583,0263,940
127,6583,0143,975
127,6792,9983,991
127,7622,9793,993
127,9042,9573,990
127,9692,9343,987
127,9582,9153,985
127,9672,9003,983
127,7552,8923,980
127,4762,8883,977
127,2572,8823,973
127,1862,8763,968
127,0342,8683,963
126,8572,8633,957
126,6312,8613,951
126,3682,8543,944
126,0922,8423,937
125,6342,8253,929
125,4272,7993,921
124,7622,7873,876

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

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.