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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	Estonia	United States	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	279,040	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	282,162	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	284,969	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	287,625	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	290,108	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	292,805	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	295,517	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	298,380	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	301,231	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	304,094	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	306,772	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	309,327	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	311,583	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	313,878	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	316,060	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	318,386	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	320,739	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	323,072	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	325,122	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	326,838	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	328,330	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	331,512	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	332,032	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	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

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