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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominican Republic	United States	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	279,040	138
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	282,162	141
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	284,969	144
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	287,625	147
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	290,108	151
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	292,805	154
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	295,517	158
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	298,380	161
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	301,231	165
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	304,094	168
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	306,772	172
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	309,327	176
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	311,583	180
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	313,878	183
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	316,060	187
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	318,386	190
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	320,739	194
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	323,072	198
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	325,122	201
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	326,838	204
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	328,330	208
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	331,512	212
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	332,032	216
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	333,288	220

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).

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.