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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	Iceland	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	277	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	281	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	285	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	288	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	289	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	293	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	296	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	304	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	311	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	319	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	319	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	318	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	319	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	321	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	324	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	327	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	331	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	335	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	343	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	353	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	361	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	366	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	372	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	380	46,498

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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