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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	Laos	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	81,439	5,286	277
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	81,474	5,397	281
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	81,534	5,499	285
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	81,595	5,578	288
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	81,566	5,654	289
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	81,473	5,746	293
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	81,354	5,836	296
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	81,190	5,931	304
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	81,009	6,035	311
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,781	6,145	319
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	80,500	6,257	319
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	80,301	6,368	318
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	80,292	6,477	319
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	80,443	6,586	321
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,663	6,695	324
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	81,000	6,804	327
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	81,704	6,912	331
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	82,366	7,019	335
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	82,674	7,127	343
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	82,923	7,234	353
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	83,110	7,343	361
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,178	7,452	366
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	83,213	7,560	372
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	83,811	7,666	380

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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