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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	Austria	Sudan	United States
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	26,168	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	26,771	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	27,387	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	28,017	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	28,662	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	29,321	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	29,996	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	30,686	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	31,393	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	32,137	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	33,078	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	33,891	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	34,568	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	35,293	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	36,093	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	37,058	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	38,165	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	39,294	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	40,512	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	41,764	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	42,952	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	44,121	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	45,290	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	46,498	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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.