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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	Iran	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	81,439	64,704	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	81,474	65,411	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	81,534	66,167	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	81,595	66,689	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	81,566	67,807	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	81,473	68,480	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	81,354	69,325	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	81,190	70,158	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	81,009	71,040	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,781	71,942	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	80,500	72,888	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	80,301	73,826	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	80,292	74,625	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	80,443	75,446	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,663	76,418	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	81,000	77,521	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	81,704	78,652	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	82,366	79,700	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	82,674	80,725	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	82,923	81,721	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	83,110	82,685	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,178	83,614	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	83,213	84,505	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	83,811	85,108	37,101

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.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.