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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 JapanBosnia & HerzegovinaEstonia
126,5123,8111,378
126,7553,9011,400
127,0563,9191,391
127,3243,9231,382
127,5583,9401,374
127,6583,9751,365
127,6793,9911,357
127,7623,9931,349
127,9043,9901,341
127,9693,9871,337
127,9583,9851,334
127,9673,9831,332
127,7553,9801,328
127,4763,9771,324
127,2573,9731,319
127,1863,9681,314
127,0343,9631,312
126,8573,9571,314
126,6313,9511,314
126,3683,9441,318
126,0923,9371,323
125,6343,9291,327
125,4273,9211,329
124,7623,8761,330

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 Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.