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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 JapanNorth Macedonia
126,5122,006
126,7552,017
127,0562,026
127,3242,011
127,5582,018
127,6582,024
127,6792,028
127,7622,031
127,9042,035
127,9692,038
127,9582,042
127,9672,046
127,7552,049
127,4762,052
127,2572,055
127,1862,058
127,0342,061
126,8572,063
126,6312,065
126,3682,067
126,0922,068
125,6342,065
125,4272,057
124,7622,048

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.

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project