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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	Congo - Kinshasa	United States	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	279,040	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	282,162	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	284,969	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	287,625	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	290,108	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	292,805	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	295,517	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	298,380	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	301,231	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	304,094	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	306,772	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	309,327	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	311,583	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	313,878	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	316,060	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	318,386	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	320,739	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	323,072	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	325,122	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	326,838	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	328,330	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	331,512	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	332,032	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	333,288	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.