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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 & HerzegovinaSudan
126,5123,81126,168
126,7553,90126,771
127,0563,91927,387
127,3243,92328,017
127,5583,94028,662
127,6583,97529,321
127,6793,99129,996
127,7623,99330,686
127,9043,99031,393
127,9693,98732,137
127,9583,98533,078
127,9673,98333,891
127,7553,98034,568
127,4763,97735,293
127,2573,97336,093
127,1863,96837,058
127,0343,96338,165
126,8573,95739,294
126,6313,95140,512
126,3683,94441,764
126,0923,93742,952
125,6343,92944,121
125,4273,92145,290
124,7623,87646,498

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.