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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 FasoTrinidad & Tobago
126,51211,0751,301
126,75511,4051,303
127,05611,8281,308
127,32412,3801,314
127,55812,8291,320
127,65813,1781,326
127,67913,5401,332
127,76213,9171,338
127,90414,3091,344
127,96914,7221,352
127,95815,1521,359
127,96715,6001,365
127,75516,0641,372
127,47616,5631,379
127,25717,0721,386
127,18617,5751,392
127,03418,0941,399
126,85718,6211,405
126,63119,1571,411
126,36819,6981,436
126,09220,2421,452
125,63420,7881,448
125,42721,3361,450
124,76221,8891,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.