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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	Puerto Rico	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	279,040	3,800	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	282,162	3,811	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	284,969	3,819	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	287,625	3,824	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	290,108	3,826	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	292,805	3,827	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	295,517	3,822	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	298,380	3,805	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	301,231	3,783	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	304,094	3,761	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	306,772	3,741	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	309,327	3,722	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	311,583	3,679	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	313,878	3,636	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	316,060	3,589	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	318,386	3,534	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	320,739	3,473	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	323,072	3,411	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	325,122	3,352	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	326,838	3,295	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	328,330	3,268	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	331,512	3,247	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	332,032	3,232	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	333,288	3,228	48,065

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).

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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