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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Sudan	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	124,762

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