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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	Yemen	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	16,728	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	17,236	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	17,762	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	18,310	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	18,855	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	19,410	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	20,000	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	20,611	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	21,236	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	21,878	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	22,533	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	23,195	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	23,880	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	24,594	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	25,311	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	26,020	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	26,698	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	27,347	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	27,985	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	28,608	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	29,216	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	29,811	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	30,399	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	31,058	85,108

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).

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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