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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 JapanBurkina FasoBotswana
126,51211,0751,630
126,75511,4051,665
127,05611,8281,698
127,32412,3801,730
127,55812,8291,761
127,65813,1781,792
127,67913,5401,824
127,76213,9171,857
127,90414,3091,890
127,96914,7221,923
127,95815,1521,956
127,96715,6001,990
127,75516,0642,023
127,47616,5632,057
127,25717,0722,091
127,18617,5752,125
127,03418,0942,159
126,85718,6212,194
126,63119,1572,228
126,36819,6982,262
126,09220,2422,297
125,63420,7882,331
125,42721,3362,365
124,76221,8892,403

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.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.