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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	Iceland	Barbados	Moldova	United States
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	4,244	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	4,199	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	4,154	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	4,108	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	4,059	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	4,013	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	3,966	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	3,919	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	3,873	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	3,829	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	3,788	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	3,748	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	3,709	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	3,671	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	3,633	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	3,595	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	3,558	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	3,522	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	3,485	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	3,448	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	3,412	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	3,376	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	3,339	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	3,570	333,288

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

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.

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 Barbados, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.