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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 TunisiaUnited StatesAlbania
9,417279,0403,085
9,514282,1623,065
9,613284,9693,047
9,711287,6253,038
9,810290,1083,026
9,906292,8053,014
9,997295,5172,998
10,087298,3802,979
10,178301,2312,957
10,274304,0942,934
10,377306,7722,915
10,491309,3272,900
10,612311,5832,892
10,737313,8782,888
10,866316,0602,882
10,996318,3862,876
11,124320,7392,868
11,248323,0722,863
11,365325,1222,861
11,477326,8382,854
11,583328,3302,842
11,681331,5122,825
11,772332,0322,799
11,862333,2882,787

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 Tunisia, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.