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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 MaltaJapanDenmark
387126,5125,322
390126,7555,339
393127,0565,358
396127,3245,377
398127,5585,391
401127,6585,404
404127,6795,420
405127,7625,438
406127,9045,461
409127,9695,494
412127,9585,524
414127,9675,548
416127,7555,571
420127,4765,592
426127,2575,614
435127,1865,644
445127,0345,683
455126,8575,730
468126,6315,766
485126,3685,795
504126,0925,818
516125,6345,831
518125,4275,855
530124,7625,907

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 Malta, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.