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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	United States	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	279,040	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	282,162	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	284,969	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	287,625	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	290,108	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	292,805	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	295,517	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	298,380	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	301,231	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	304,094	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	306,772	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	309,327	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	311,583	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	313,878	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	316,060	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	318,386	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	320,739	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	323,072	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	325,122	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	326,838	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	328,330	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	331,512	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	332,032	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	333,288	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.