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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	Central African Republic	United States	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	279,040	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	282,162	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	284,969	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	287,625	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	290,108	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	292,805	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	295,517	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	298,380	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	301,231	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	304,094	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	306,772	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	309,327	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	311,583	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	313,878	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	316,060	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	318,386	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	320,739	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	323,072	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	325,122	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	326,838	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	328,330	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	331,512	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	332,032	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	333,288	7,666

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, Central African Republic, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.