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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	United States
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	138	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	141	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	144	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	147	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	151	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	154	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	158	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	161	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	165	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	168	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	172	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	176	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	180	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	183	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	187	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	190	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	194	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	198	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	201	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	204	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	208	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	212	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	216	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	220	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.

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.