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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	279,040	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	282,162	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	284,969	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	287,625	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	290,108	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	292,805	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	295,517	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	298,380	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	301,231	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	304,094	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	306,772	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	309,327	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	311,583	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	313,878	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	316,060	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	318,386	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	320,739	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	323,072	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	325,122	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	326,838	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	328,330	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	331,512	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	332,032	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	333,288	2,048

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).

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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