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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	Japan	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	126,512	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	126,755	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	127,056	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	127,324	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	127,558	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	127,658	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	127,679	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	127,762	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	127,904	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	127,969	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	127,958	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	127,967	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	127,755	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	127,476	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	127,257	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	127,186	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	127,034	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	126,857	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	126,631	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	126,368	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	126,092	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	125,634	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	125,427	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	124,762	217,718

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).

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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