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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 JapanLithuaniaBarbados
126,5123,419273
126,7553,395274
127,0563,367275
127,3243,340276
127,5583,313278
127,6583,276279
127,6793,223280
127,7623,172281
127,9043,134282
127,9693,102283
127,9583,068285
127,9673,004286
127,7552,937287
127,4762,898288
127,2572,869289
127,1862,844290
127,0342,818291
126,8572,782291
126,6312,744292
126,3682,718293
126,0922,710294
125,6342,711294
125,4272,724295
124,7622,748295

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 Lithuania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.