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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	Germany	United States	Dominica	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	279,040	70	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	282,162	71	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	284,969	71	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	287,625	72	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	290,108	72	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	292,805	72	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	295,517	72	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	298,380	72	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	301,231	72	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	304,094	73	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	306,772	73	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	309,327	73	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	311,583	73	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	313,878	73	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	316,060	73	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	318,386	73	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	320,739	74	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	323,072	74	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	325,122	74	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	326,838	74	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	328,330	75	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	331,512	75	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	332,032	76	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	333,288	76	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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).

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 Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.