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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	Thailand	United States	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	279,040	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	282,162	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	284,969	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	287,625	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	290,108	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	292,805	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	295,517	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	298,380	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	301,231	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	304,094	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	306,772	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	309,327	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	311,583	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	313,878	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	316,060	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	318,386	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	320,739	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	323,072	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	325,122	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	326,838	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	328,330	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	331,512	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	332,032	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	333,288	121,234

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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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).

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.