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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	Denmark	United States	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	279,040	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	282,162	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	284,969	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	287,625	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	290,108	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	292,805	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	295,517	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	298,380	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	301,231	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	304,094	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	306,772	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	309,327	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	311,583	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	313,878	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	316,060	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	318,386	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	320,739	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	323,072	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	325,122	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	326,838	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	328,330	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	331,512	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	332,032	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	333,288	530

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, Denmark, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.