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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	Luxembourg	Burkina Faso	Oman	United States
Dec 31, 1999	433	11,075	2,348	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	438	11,405	2,403	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	443	11,828	2,457	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	448	12,380	2,510	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	454	12,829	2,562	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	460	13,178	2,613	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	467	13,540	2,663	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	474	13,917	2,713	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	482	14,309	2,764	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	491	14,722	2,816	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	500	15,152	2,871	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	2,928	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	521	16,064	2,986	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	533	16,563	3,047	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	547	17,072	3,110	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	560	17,575	3,174	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	571	18,094	3,240	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	586	18,621	3,307	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,157	3,375	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,698	3,444	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	623	20,242	3,512	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	633	20,788	3,582	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	643	21,336	3,651	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	651	21,889	3,696	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

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 Luxembourg, Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.