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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	Iceland	Russia	United States
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	147,218	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	146,600	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	145,980	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	145,310	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	144,652	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	144,071	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	143,522	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	143,053	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	142,809	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	142,746	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	142,789	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	142,853	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	142,964	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	143,205	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	143,510	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	146,094	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	146,410	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	146,678	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	146,846	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	146,834	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	146,768	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	146,463	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	145,849	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	146,693	333,288

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.