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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	Ecuador	United States	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,268	279,040	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,446	282,162	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,629	284,969	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,827	287,625	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	13,074	290,108	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,368	292,805	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,661	295,517	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,915	298,380	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,133	301,231	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,352	304,094	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	14,569	306,772	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,786	309,327	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	15,002	311,583	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	15,218	313,878	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,433	316,060	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,647	318,386	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,860	320,739	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,072	323,072	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,282	325,122	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,489	326,838	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,693	328,330	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,894	331,512	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,093	332,032	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,288	333,288	2,559

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

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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