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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	2,348	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	2,403	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	2,457	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	2,510	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	2,562	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	2,613	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	2,663	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	2,713	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	2,764	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	2,816	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	2,871	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	2,928	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	2,986	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	3,047	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	3,110	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	3,174	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	3,240	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	3,307	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	3,375	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	3,444	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	3,512	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	3,582	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	3,651	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	3,696	5,458

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).

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.