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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	Denmark	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	5,322	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	5,339	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	5,358	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	5,377	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	5,391	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	5,404	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	5,420	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	5,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	5,461	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	5,494	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	5,524	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	5,548	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	5,571	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	5,592	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	5,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	5,644	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	5,683	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	5,730	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	5,766	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	5,795	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	5,818	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	5,831	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	5,855	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	5,907	530

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, Denmark, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.