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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	Albania	United States	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	279,040	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	282,162	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	284,969	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	287,625	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	290,108	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	292,805	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	295,517	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	298,380	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	301,231	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	304,094	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	306,772	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	309,327	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	311,583	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	313,878	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	316,060	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	318,386	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	320,739	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	323,072	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	325,122	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	326,838	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	328,330	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	331,512	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	332,032	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	333,288	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

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, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.