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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	Serbia	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	81,439	7,611	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	81,474	7,587	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	81,534	7,574	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	81,595	7,570	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	81,566	7,551	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	81,473	7,533	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	81,354	7,510	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	81,190	7,481	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	81,009	7,451	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,781	7,419	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	80,500	7,389	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	80,301	7,360	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	80,292	7,304	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	80,443	7,269	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,663	7,234	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	81,000	7,199	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	81,704	7,162	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	82,366	7,124	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	82,674	7,087	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	82,923	7,048	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	83,110	7,010	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,178	6,964	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	83,213	6,898	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	83,811	6,833	103,574

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.

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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