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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	2,348	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	2,403	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	2,457	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	2,510	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	2,562	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	2,613	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	2,663	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	2,713	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	2,764	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	2,816	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	2,871	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	2,928	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	2,986	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	3,047	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	3,110	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	3,174	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	3,240	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	3,307	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	3,375	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	3,444	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	3,512	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	3,582	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	3,651	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	3,696	2,739

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