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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	United States	Barbados	Albania	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	273	3,085	78
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	274	3,065	79
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	275	3,047	80
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	276	3,038	81
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	278	3,026	82
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	279	3,014	83
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	280	2,998	84
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	281	2,979	85
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	282	2,957	86
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	283	2,934	87
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	285	2,915	87
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	286	2,900	88
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	287	2,892	89
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	288	2,888	90
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	289	2,882	91
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	290	2,876	92
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	291	2,868	92
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	291	2,863	93
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	292	2,861	94
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	293	2,854	95
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	294	2,842	96
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	294	2,825	97
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	295	2,799	98
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	295	2,787	98

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