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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	Germany	Ethiopia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	81,439	63,575	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	81,474	65,213	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	81,534	66,889	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	81,595	68,649	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	81,566	70,491	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	81,473	72,389	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	81,354	74,327	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	81,190	76,326	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	81,009	78,411	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,781	80,564	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	80,500	82,787	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	80,301	85,096	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	80,292	87,530	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	80,443	90,066	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,663	92,632	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	81,000	95,337	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	81,704	98,114	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	82,366	100,858	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	82,674	103,654	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	82,923	106,466	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	83,110	109,267	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,178	112,100	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	83,213	114,964	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	83,811	117,924	21,889

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).

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Ethiopia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.