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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 LuxembourgJapanSudan
433126,51226,168
438126,75526,771
443127,05627,387
448127,32428,017
454127,55828,662
460127,65829,321
467127,67929,996
474127,76230,686
482127,90431,393
491127,96932,137
500127,95833,078
509127,96733,891
521127,75534,568
533127,47635,293
547127,25736,093
560127,18637,058
571127,03438,165
586126,85739,294
599126,63140,512
610126,36841,764
623126,09242,952
633125,63444,121
643125,42745,290
651124,76246,498

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