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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	Serbia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	279,040	7,611	152
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	282,162	7,587	153
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	284,969	7,574	154
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	287,625	7,570	155
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	290,108	7,551	156
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	292,805	7,533	157
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	295,517	7,510	157
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	298,380	7,481	158
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	301,231	7,451	159
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	304,094	7,419	160
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	306,772	7,389	160
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	309,327	7,360	161
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	311,583	7,304	162
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	313,878	7,269	162
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	316,060	7,234	163
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	318,386	7,199	163
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	320,739	7,162	164
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	323,072	7,124	164
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	325,122	7,087	165
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	326,838	7,048	166
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	328,330	7,010	166
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	331,512	6,964	167
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	332,032	6,898	167
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	333,288	6,833	167

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).

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.