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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	Puerto Rico	United States	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	279,040	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	282,162	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	284,969	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	287,625	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	290,108	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	292,805	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	295,517	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	298,380	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	301,231	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	304,094	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	306,772	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	309,327	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	311,583	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	313,878	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	316,060	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	318,386	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	320,739	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	323,072	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	325,122	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	326,838	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	328,330	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	331,512	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	332,032	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	333,288	7,666

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