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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ParaguayTrinidad & TobagoUnited States
5,3661,301279,040
5,4731,303282,162
5,5791,308284,969
5,6831,314287,625
5,7861,320290,108
5,8861,326292,805
5,9841,332295,517
6,0801,338298,380
6,1731,344301,231
6,2641,352304,094
6,3521,359306,772
6,4381,365309,327
6,5221,372311,583
6,6051,379313,878
6,6881,386316,060
6,7691,392318,386
6,8501,399320,739
6,9301,405323,072
7,0121,411325,122
7,0951,436326,838
7,1791,452328,330
7,2631,448331,512
7,3481,450332,032
7,4321,456333,288

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 Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.