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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	2,348	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	2,403	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	2,457	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	2,510	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	2,562	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	2,613	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	2,663	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	2,713	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	2,764	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	2,816	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	2,871	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	2,928	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	2,986	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	3,047	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	3,110	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	3,174	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	3,240	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	3,307	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	3,375	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	3,444	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	3,512	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	3,582	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	3,651	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	3,696	117,924

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, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.