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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 FasoCroatia
126,51211,0754,377
126,75511,4054,334
127,05611,8284,171
127,32412,3804,176
127,55812,8294,176
127,65813,1784,179
127,67913,5404,182
127,76213,9174,183
127,90414,3094,183
127,96914,7224,181
127,95815,1524,177
127,96715,6004,167
127,75516,0644,154
127,47616,5634,141
127,25717,0724,126
127,18617,5754,109
127,03418,0944,081
126,85718,6214,047
126,63119,1574,006
126,36819,6983,968
126,09220,2423,945
125,63420,7883,925
125,42721,3363,839
124,76221,8893,790

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.

Croatia

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

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