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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 LuxembourgJapanLaos
433126,5125,286
438126,7555,397
443127,0565,499
448127,3245,578
454127,5585,654
460127,6585,746
467127,6795,836
474127,7625,931
482127,9046,035
491127,9696,145
500127,9586,257
509127,9676,368
521127,7556,477
533127,4766,586
547127,2576,695
560127,1866,804
571127,0346,912
586126,8577,019
599126,6317,127
610126,3687,234
623126,0927,343
633125,6347,452
643125,4277,560
651124,7627,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.