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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	Tunisia	Oman	Japan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	2,348	126,512	273
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	2,403	126,755	274
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	2,457	127,056	275
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	2,510	127,324	276
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	2,562	127,558	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	2,613	127,658	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	2,663	127,679	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	2,713	127,762	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	2,764	127,904	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	2,816	127,969	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	2,871	127,958	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	2,928	127,967	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	2,986	127,755	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	3,047	127,476	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	3,110	127,257	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	3,174	127,186	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	3,240	127,034	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	3,307	126,857	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	3,375	126,631	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	3,444	126,368	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	3,512	126,092	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	3,582	125,634	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	3,651	125,427	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	3,696	124,762	295

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.

All data sources

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 Tunisia, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.