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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	United States	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	279,040	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	282,162	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	284,969	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	287,625	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	290,108	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	292,805	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	295,517	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	298,380	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	301,231	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	304,094	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	306,772	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	309,327	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	311,583	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	313,878	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	316,060	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	318,386	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	320,739	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	323,072	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	325,122	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	326,838	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	328,330	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	331,512	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	332,032	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	333,288	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.