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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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| Date | Dominican Republic | United States | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,175 | 279,040 | 3,757 | |
| 8,301 | 282,162 | 3,807 | |
| 8,427 | 284,969 | 3,866 | |
| 8,553 | 287,625 | 3,934 | |
| 8,678 | 290,108 | 4,000 | |
| 8,801 | 292,805 | 4,070 | |
| 8,924 | 295,517 | 4,163 | |
| 9,044 | 298,380 | 4,273 | |
| 9,164 | 301,231 | 4,403 | |
| 9,281 | 304,094 | 4,499 | |
| 9,398 | 306,772 | 4,542 | |
| 9,512 | 309,327 | 4,563 | |
| 9,627 | 311,583 | 4,581 | |
| 9,742 | 313,878 | 4,600 | |
| 9,855 | 316,060 | 4,623 | |
| 9,965 | 318,386 | 4,655 | |
| 10,072 | 320,739 | 4,699 | |
| 10,177 | 323,072 | 4,752 | |
| 10,281 | 325,122 | 4,805 | |
| 10,385 | 326,838 | 4,864 | |
| 10,487 | 328,330 | 4,930 | |
| 10,587 | 331,512 | 4,983 | |
| 10,686 | 332,032 | 5,022 | |
| 10,793 | 333,288 | 5,118 |
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.
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).
Ireland
- 1820, 1870, 1913: MPD 2013, Bolt and Van Zanden, 2014, The Maddison Project: collaborative research on historical national accounts. The Economic History Review, 67(3), 627–651
- 1913-1926: P. Deane (1968), and Feinstein, 1972
- 1926-1950: K.A. Kennedy, Productivity and Industrial Growth: The Irish Experience, Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 3.
No separate list is published for Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.