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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date JapanDominicaCongo - Kinshasa
126,5127051,181
126,7557152,782
127,0567154,453
127,3247256,170
127,5587257,860
127,6587259,599
127,6797261,474
127,7627263,479
127,9047265,590
127,9697367,800
127,9587370,114
127,9677372,550
127,7557375,138
127,4767377,792
127,2577380,534
127,1867383,368
127,0347486,229
126,8577489,193
126,6317492,209
126,3687495,232
126,0927598,320
125,63475101,499
125,42776104,767
124,76276108,171

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 Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.