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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	Romania	United States
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	22,414	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	22,262	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	22,106	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	21,931	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	21,828	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	21,704	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	21,571	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	21,443	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	21,129	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	20,779	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	20,607	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	20,485	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	20,385	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	20,296	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	20,224	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	20,151	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	20,055	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	19,938	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	19,823	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	19,713	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	19,622	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	19,496	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	19,351	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.