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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	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	2,348	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	2,403	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	2,457	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	2,510	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	2,562	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	2,613	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	2,663	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	2,713	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	2,764	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	2,816	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	2,871	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	2,928	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	2,986	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	3,047	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	3,110	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	3,174	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	3,240	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	3,307	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	3,375	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	3,444	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	3,512	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	3,582	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	3,651	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	3,696	21,889	108,171

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, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.