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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	Malta	United States	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	279,040	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	282,162	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	284,969	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	287,625	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	290,108	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	292,805	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	295,517	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	298,380	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	301,231	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	304,094	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	306,772	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	309,327	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	311,583	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	313,878	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	316,060	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	318,386	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	320,739	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	323,072	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	325,122	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	326,838	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	328,330	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	331,512	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	332,032	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	333,288	3,228

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, Malta, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.