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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	Denmark	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	5,322	387
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	5,339	390
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	5,358	393
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	5,377	396
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	5,391	398
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	5,404	401
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	5,420	404
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	5,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	5,461	406
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	5,494	409
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	5,524	412
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	5,548	414
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	5,571	416
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	5,592	420
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	5,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	5,644	435
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	5,683	445
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	5,730	455
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	5,766	468
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	5,795	485
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	5,818	504
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	5,831	516
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	5,855	518
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	5,907	530

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 Denmark, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.