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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	Montenegro	United States
Dec 31, 1999	623	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	623	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	623	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	622	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	621	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	621	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	621	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	620	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	620	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	621	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	622	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	623	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	622	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	622	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	622	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	621	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	620	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	618	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	616	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	614	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	613	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	612	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	611	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	610	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.

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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

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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).