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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso	United States
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	11,075	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	11,405	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	11,828	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	12,380	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	12,829	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	13,178	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	13,540	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	13,917	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	14,309	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	14,722	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	15,152	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	15,600	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	16,064	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	16,563	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	17,072	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	17,575	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	18,094	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	18,621	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	19,157	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	19,698	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	20,242	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	20,788	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	21,336	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	21,889	333,288

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.