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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 LuxembourgJapanEstonia
433126,5121,378
438126,7551,400
443127,0561,391
448127,3241,382
454127,5581,374
460127,6581,365
467127,6791,357
474127,7621,349
482127,9041,341
491127,9691,337
500127,9581,334
509127,9671,332
521127,7551,328
533127,4761,324
547127,2571,319
560127,1861,314
571127,0341,312
586126,8571,314
599126,6311,314
610126,3681,318
623126,0921,323
633125,6341,327
643125,4271,329
651124,7621,330

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 Luxembourg, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.