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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	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	279,040	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	282,162	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	284,969	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	287,625	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	290,108	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	292,805	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	295,517	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	298,380	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	301,231	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	304,094	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	306,772	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	309,327	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	311,583	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	313,878	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	316,060	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	318,386	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	320,739	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	323,072	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	325,122	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	326,838	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	328,330	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	331,512	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	332,032	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	333,288	124,762

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).

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.