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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	Finland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	5,166	273
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	5,176	274
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	5,188	275
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	5,201	276
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	5,213	278
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	5,228	279
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	5,246	280
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	5,266	281
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	5,289	282
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	5,313	283
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	5,339	285
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	5,363	286
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	5,388	287
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	5,414	288
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	5,439	289
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	5,463	290
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	5,481	291
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	5,495	291
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	5,508	292
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	5,516	293
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	5,522	294
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	5,531	294
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	5,542	295
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	5,556	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.

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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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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