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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	Malta	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	279,040	387	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	282,162	390	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	284,969	393	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	287,625	396	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	290,108	398	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	292,805	401	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	295,517	404	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	298,380	405	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	301,231	406	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	304,094	409	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	306,772	412	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	309,327	414	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	311,583	416	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	313,878	420	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	316,060	426	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	318,386	435	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	320,739	445	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	323,072	455	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	325,122	468	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	326,838	485	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	328,330	504	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	331,512	516	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	332,032	518	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	333,288	530	5,750

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).

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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