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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date JapanSt. LuciaCambodia
126,51215212,122
126,75515312,317
127,05615412,504
127,32415512,691
127,55815612,881
127,65815713,076
127,67915713,276
127,76215813,461
127,90415913,630
127,96916013,808
127,95816013,990
127,96716114,162
127,75516214,322
127,47616214,480
127,25716314,637
127,18616314,793
127,03416414,994
126,85716415,238
126,63116515,480
126,36816615,717
126,09216615,944
125,63416716,149
125,42716716,338
124,76216716,514

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 St. Lucia, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.