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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	Dominican Republic	United States	Ecuador	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	279,040	12,268	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	282,162	12,446	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	284,969	12,629	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	287,625	12,827	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	290,108	13,074	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	292,805	13,368	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	295,517	13,661	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	298,380	13,915	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	301,231	14,133	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	304,094	14,352	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	306,772	14,569	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	309,327	14,786	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	311,583	15,002	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	313,878	15,218	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	316,060	15,433	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	318,386	15,647	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	320,739	15,860	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	323,072	16,072	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	325,122	16,282	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	326,838	16,489	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	328,330	16,693	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	331,512	16,894	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	332,032	17,093	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	333,288	17,288	10,099

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).

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.