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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	Burkina Faso	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	11,075	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	11,405	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	11,828	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	12,380	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	12,829	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	13,178	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	13,540	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	13,917	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	14,309	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	14,722	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	15,152	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	15,600	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	16,064	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	16,563	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	17,072	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	17,575	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	18,094	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	18,621	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	19,157	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	19,698	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	20,242	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	20,788	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	21,336	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	21,889	39,252

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, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.