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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	126,512	2,348	152
Dec 31, 2000	126,755	2,403	153
Dec 31, 2001	127,056	2,457	154
Dec 31, 2002	127,324	2,510	155
Dec 31, 2003	127,558	2,562	156
Dec 31, 2004	127,658	2,613	157
Dec 31, 2005	127,679	2,663	157
Dec 31, 2006	127,762	2,713	158
Dec 31, 2007	127,904	2,764	159
Dec 31, 2008	127,969	2,816	160
Dec 31, 2009	127,958	2,871	160
Dec 31, 2010	127,967	2,928	161
Dec 31, 2011	127,755	2,986	162
Dec 31, 2012	127,476	3,047	162
Dec 31, 2013	127,257	3,110	163
Dec 31, 2014	127,186	3,174	163
Dec 31, 2015	127,034	3,240	164
Dec 31, 2016	126,857	3,307	164
Dec 31, 2017	126,631	3,375	165
Dec 31, 2018	126,368	3,444	166
Dec 31, 2019	126,092	3,512	166
Dec 31, 2020	125,634	3,582	167
Dec 31, 2021	125,427	3,651	167
Dec 31, 2022	124,762	3,696	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.