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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	Finland	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	5,166	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	5,176	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	5,188	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	5,201	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	5,213	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	5,228	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	5,246	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	5,266	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	5,289	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	5,313	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	5,339	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	5,363	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	5,388	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	5,414	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	5,439	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	5,463	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	5,481	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	5,495	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	5,508	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	5,516	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	5,522	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	5,531	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	5,542	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	5,556	19,715

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315