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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 JapanTrinidad & TobagoAlbania
126,5121,3013,085
126,7551,3033,065
127,0561,3083,047
127,3241,3143,038
127,5581,3203,026
127,6581,3263,014
127,6791,3322,998
127,7621,3382,979
127,9041,3442,957
127,9691,3522,934
127,9581,3592,915
127,9671,3652,900
127,7551,3722,892
127,4761,3792,888
127,2571,3862,882
127,1861,3922,876
127,0341,3992,868
126,8571,4052,863
126,6311,4112,861
126,3681,4362,854
126,0921,4522,842
125,6341,4482,825
125,4271,4502,799
124,7621,4562,787

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 Trinidad & Tobago, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.