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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	Oman	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	2,348	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	2,403	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	2,457	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	2,510	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	2,562	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	2,613	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	2,663	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	2,713	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	2,764	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	2,816	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	2,871	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	2,928	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	2,986	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	3,047	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	3,110	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	3,174	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	3,240	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	3,307	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	3,375	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	3,444	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	3,512	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	3,582	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	3,651	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	3,696	21,889

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