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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Romania	United States
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	22,414	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	22,262	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	22,106	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	21,931	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	21,828	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	21,704	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	21,571	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	21,443	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	21,129	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	20,779	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	20,607	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	20,485	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	20,385	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	20,296	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	20,224	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	20,151	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	20,055	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	19,938	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	19,823	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	19,713	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	19,622	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	19,496	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	19,351	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	19,266	333,288

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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).

No separate list is published for Barbados, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.