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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	Madagascar	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	81,439	15,259	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	81,474	15,707	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	81,534	16,162	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	81,595	16,631	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	81,566	17,114	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	81,473	17,610	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	81,354	18,120	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	81,190	18,641	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	81,009	19,173	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,781	19,717	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	80,500	20,272	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	80,301	20,837	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	80,292	21,413	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	80,443	21,999	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,663	22,593	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	81,000	23,196	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	81,704	23,806	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	82,366	24,423	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	82,674	25,044	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	82,923	25,671	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	83,110	26,302	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,178	26,936	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	83,213	27,573	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	83,811	28,237	39,252

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 Madagascar, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.