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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	Australia	United States	China	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	279,040	1,248,899	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	282,162	1,258,401	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	284,969	1,267,178	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	287,625	1,275,379	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	290,108	1,283,064	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	292,805	1,290,620	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	295,517	1,298,245	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	298,380	1,305,116	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	301,231	1,311,877	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	304,094	1,318,559	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	306,772	1,324,993	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	309,327	1,331,357	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	311,583	1,339,549	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	313,878	1,349,537	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	316,060	1,357,520	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	318,386	1,366,654	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	320,739	1,373,406	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	323,072	1,382,401	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	325,122	1,390,136	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	326,838	1,395,398	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	328,330	1,400,035	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	331,512	1,402,060	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	332,032	1,402,537	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	333,288	1,401,693	174,217

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995