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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	Oman	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	2,348	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	2,403	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	2,457	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	2,510	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	2,562	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	2,613	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	2,663	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	2,713	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	2,764	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	2,816	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	2,871	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	2,928	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	2,986	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	3,047	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	3,110	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	3,174	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	3,240	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	3,307	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	3,375	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	3,444	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	3,512	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	3,582	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	3,651	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	3,696	2,787	295

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.

All data sources

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