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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	United States	Ecuador	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	12,268	138
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	12,446	141
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	12,629	144
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	12,827	147
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	13,074	151
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	13,368	154
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	13,661	158
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	13,915	161
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	14,133	165
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	14,352	168
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	14,569	172
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	14,786	176
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	15,002	180
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	15,218	183
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	15,433	187
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	15,647	190
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	15,860	194
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	16,072	198
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	16,282	201
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	16,489	204
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	16,693	208
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	16,894	212
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	17,093	216
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	17,288	220

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).

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.