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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 | Norway |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,175 | 279,040 | 4,463 | |
| 8,301 | 282,162 | 4,492 | |
| 8,427 | 284,969 | 4,515 | |
| 8,553 | 287,625 | 4,539 | |
| 8,678 | 290,108 | 4,566 | |
| 8,801 | 292,805 | 4,593 | |
| 8,924 | 295,517 | 4,624 | |
| 9,044 | 298,380 | 4,662 | |
| 9,164 | 301,231 | 4,710 | |
| 9,281 | 304,094 | 4,769 | |
| 9,398 | 306,772 | 4,830 | |
| 9,512 | 309,327 | 4,890 | |
| 9,627 | 311,583 | 4,954 | |
| 9,742 | 313,878 | 5,020 | |
| 9,855 | 316,060 | 5,081 | |
| 9,965 | 318,386 | 5,138 | |
| 10,072 | 320,739 | 5,191 | |
| 10,177 | 323,072 | 5,237 | |
| 10,281 | 325,122 | 5,278 | |
| 10,385 | 326,838 | 5,313 | |
| 10,487 | 328,330 | 5,349 | |
| 10,587 | 331,512 | 5,380 | |
| 10,686 | 332,032 | 5,409 | |
| 10,793 | 333,288 | 5,458 |
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).
Norway
- 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
- 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995
No separate list is published for Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.