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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	Oman	United States	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	279,040	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	282,162	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	284,969	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	287,625	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	290,108	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	292,805	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	295,517	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	298,380	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	301,231	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	304,094	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	306,772	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	309,327	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	311,583	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	313,878	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	316,060	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	318,386	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	320,739	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	323,072	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	325,122	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	326,838	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	328,330	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	331,512	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	332,032	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	333,288	2,059

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, Oman, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.