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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	Burkina Faso	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	11,075	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	11,405	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	11,828	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	12,380	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	12,829	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	13,178	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	13,540	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	13,917	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	14,309	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	14,722	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	15,152	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	15,600	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	16,064	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	16,563	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	17,072	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	17,575	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	18,094	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	18,621	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	19,157	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	19,698	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	20,242	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	20,788	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	21,336	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	21,889	19,266	295

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.

All data sources

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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