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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 JapanOmanBarbados
126,5122,348273
126,7552,403274
127,0562,457275
127,3242,510276
127,5582,562278
127,6582,613279
127,6792,663280
127,7622,713281
127,9042,764282
127,9692,816283
127,9582,871285
127,9672,928286
127,7552,986287
127,4763,047288
127,2573,110289
127,1863,174290
127,0343,240291
126,8573,307291
126,6313,375292
126,3683,444293
126,0923,512294
125,6343,582294
125,4273,651295
124,7623,696295

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