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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Dominican RepublicTrinidad & TobagoUnited States
8,1751,301279,040
8,3011,303282,162
8,4271,308284,969
8,5531,314287,625
8,6781,320290,108
8,8011,326292,805
8,9241,332295,517
9,0441,338298,380
9,1641,344301,231
9,2811,352304,094
9,3981,359306,772
9,5121,365309,327
9,6271,372311,583
9,7421,379313,878
9,8551,386316,060
9,9651,392318,386
10,0721,399320,739
10,1771,405323,072
10,2811,411325,122
10,3851,436326,838
10,4871,452328,330
10,5871,448331,512
10,6861,450332,032
10,7931,456333,288

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.

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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).

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.