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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	Italy	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	56,940	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	56,966	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	57,004	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	57,114	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	57,423	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	57,852	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	58,191	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	58,424	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	58,781	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	59,236	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	59,580	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	59,844	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	60,052	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	60,216	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	60,337	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	60,346	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	60,255	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	60,140	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	60,027	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	59,902	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	59,754	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	59,464	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	59,158	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	58,966	7,666

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).

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.