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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	Moldova	United States	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	279,040	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	282,162	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	284,969	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	287,625	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	290,108	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	292,805	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	295,517	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	298,380	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	301,231	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	304,094	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	306,772	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	309,327	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	311,583	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	313,878	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	316,060	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	318,386	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	320,739	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	323,072	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	325,122	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	326,838	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	328,330	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	331,512	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	332,032	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	333,288	2,748

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, Moldova, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.