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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	United Kingdom	United States	Latvia	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	279,040	2,386	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	282,162	2,363	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	284,969	2,333	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	287,625	2,306	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	290,108	2,284	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	292,805	2,259	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	295,517	2,235	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	298,380	2,215	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	301,231	2,197	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	304,094	2,174	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	306,772	2,138	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	309,327	2,093	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	311,583	2,055	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	313,878	2,030	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	316,060	2,009	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	318,386	1,991	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	320,739	1,974	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	323,072	1,956	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	325,122	1,938	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	326,838	1,923	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	328,330	1,910	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	331,512	1,897	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	332,032	1,880	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	333,288	1,883	174,217

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 Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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).

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.