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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	279,040	6,587	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	282,162	6,646	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	284,969	6,695	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	287,625	6,725	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	290,108	6,712	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	292,805	6,765	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	295,517	6,794	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	298,380	6,838	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	301,231	6,897	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	304,094	6,938	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	306,772	6,953	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	309,327	7,004	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	311,583	7,052	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	313,878	7,130	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	316,060	7,159	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	318,386	7,209	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	320,739	7,271	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	323,072	7,316	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	325,122	7,372	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	326,838	7,432	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	328,330	7,487	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	331,512	7,460	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	332,032	7,392	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	333,288	7,387	17,288

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.

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.