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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	North Korea	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	81,439	22,594	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	81,474	22,785	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	81,534	22,977	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	81,595	23,165	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	81,566	23,330	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	81,473	23,477	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	81,354	23,621	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	81,190	23,764	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	81,009	23,908	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,781	24,051	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	80,500	24,191	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	80,301	24,326	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	80,292	24,457	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	80,443	24,589	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,663	24,720	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	81,000	24,852	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	81,704	24,983	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	82,366	25,115	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	82,674	25,248	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	82,923	25,381	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	83,110	25,497	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,178	25,608	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	83,213	25,711	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	83,811	25,808	31,058

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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