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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	India	United States	Iceland	Mauritius
Dec 31, 1999	1,000,965	279,040	277	1,173
Dec 31, 2000	1,018,667	282,162	281	1,186
Dec 31, 2001	1,036,256	284,969	285	1,199
Dec 31, 2002	1,053,663	287,625	288	1,211
Dec 31, 2003	1,070,882	290,108	289	1,222
Dec 31, 2004	1,087,941	292,805	293	1,233
Dec 31, 2005	1,104,803	295,517	296	1,243
Dec 31, 2006	1,121,354	298,380	304	1,253
Dec 31, 2007	1,137,576	301,231	311	1,261
Dec 31, 2008	1,153,547	304,094	319	1,269
Dec 31, 2009	1,169,239	306,772	319	1,276
Dec 31, 2010	1,184,638	309,327	318	1,282
Dec 31, 2011	1,199,810	311,583	319	1,286
Dec 31, 2012	1,214,839	313,878	321	1,288
Dec 31, 2013	1,229,765	316,060	324	1,291
Dec 31, 2014	1,244,577	318,386	327	1,294
Dec 31, 2015	1,259,236	320,739	331	1,296
Dec 31, 2016	1,273,693	323,072	335	1,298
Dec 31, 2017	1,287,902	325,122	343	1,300
Dec 31, 2018	1,301,821	326,838	353	1,302
Dec 31, 2019	1,315,530	328,330	361	1,304
Dec 31, 2020	1,329,062	331,512	366	1,305
Dec 31, 2021	1,339,912	332,032	372	1,307
Dec 31, 2022	1,349,060	333,288	380	1,307

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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).

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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