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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 United StatesAzerbaijanTrinidad & Tobago
279,0408,0561,301
282,1628,1271,303
284,9698,1941,308
287,6258,2571,314
290,1088,3191,320
292,8058,3911,326
295,5178,4751,332
298,3808,5651,338
301,2318,6571,344
304,0948,7501,352
306,7728,8421,359
309,3278,9331,365
311,5839,0251,372
313,8789,1171,379
316,0609,2101,386
318,3869,3021,392
320,7399,3931,399
323,0729,4811,405
325,1229,5671,411
326,8389,6491,436
328,3309,7271,452
331,5129,8021,448
332,0329,8741,450
333,2889,9181,456

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