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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	Georgia	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	81,439	4,848	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	81,474	4,814	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	81,534	4,789	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	81,595	4,771	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	81,566	4,746	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	81,473	4,739	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	81,354	4,786	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	81,190	4,826	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	81,009	4,820	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,781	4,819	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	80,500	4,851	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	80,301	4,898	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	80,292	4,934	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	80,443	4,946	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,663	4,938	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	81,000	4,931	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	81,704	4,927	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	82,366	4,924	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	82,674	4,922	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	82,923	4,922	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	83,110	4,923	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,178	4,926	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	83,213	4,929	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	83,811	4,911	31,845

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 Georgia, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.