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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	Sierra Leone	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	279,040	3,736	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	282,162	3,809	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	284,969	4,043	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	287,625	4,287	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	290,108	4,466	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	292,805	4,602	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	295,517	4,708	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	298,380	4,818	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	301,231	4,918	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	304,094	5,023	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	306,772	5,132	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	309,327	5,246	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	311,583	5,364	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	313,878	5,486	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	316,060	5,613	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	318,386	5,744	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	320,739	5,879	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	323,072	6,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	325,122	6,163	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	326,838	6,312	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	328,330	6,461	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	331,512	6,611	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	332,032	6,761	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	333,288	6,910	108,171

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).

No separate list is published for Sierra Leone, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.