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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	United States	Albania	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	3,085	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	3,065	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	3,047	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	3,038	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	3,026	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	3,014	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	2,998	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	2,979	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	2,957	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	2,934	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	2,915	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	2,900	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	2,892	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	2,888	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	2,882	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	2,876	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	2,868	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	2,863	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	2,861	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	2,854	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	2,842	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	2,825	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	2,799	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	2,787	217,718

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).

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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