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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 JapanSlovenia
126,5121,998
126,7552,004
127,0562,006
127,3242,009
127,5582,010
127,6582,011
127,6792,015
127,7622,022
127,9042,033
127,9692,036
127,9582,056
127,9672,063
127,7552,067
127,4762,071
127,2572,074
127,1862,076
127,0342,078
126,8572,079
126,6312,081
126,3682,087
126,0922,104
125,6342,118
125,4272,123
124,7622,124

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.

Slovenia

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