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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	Iceland	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	279,040	277	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	282,162	281	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	284,969	285	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	287,625	288	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	290,108	289	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	292,805	293	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	295,517	296	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	298,380	304	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	301,231	311	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	304,094	319	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	306,772	319	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	309,327	318	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	311,583	319	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	313,878	321	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	316,060	324	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	318,386	327	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	320,739	331	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	323,072	335	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	325,122	343	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	326,838	353	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	328,330	361	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	331,512	366	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	332,032	372	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	333,288	380	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

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).

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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