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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	Burkina Faso	United States	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	279,040	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	282,162	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	284,969	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	287,625	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	290,108	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	292,805	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	295,517	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	298,380	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	301,231	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	304,094	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	306,772	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	309,327	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	311,583	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	313,878	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	316,060	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	318,386	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	320,739	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	323,072	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	325,122	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	326,838	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	328,330	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	331,512	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	332,032	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	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, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.