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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	Eswatini	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	81,439	1,033	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	81,474	1,032	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	81,534	1,030	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	81,595	1,028	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	81,566	1,026	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	81,473	1,025	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	81,354	1,023	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	81,190	1,021	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	81,009	1,019	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,781	1,017	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	80,500	1,017	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	80,301	1,019	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	80,292	1,024	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	80,443	1,032	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,663	1,041	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	81,000	1,051	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	81,704	1,060	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	82,366	1,069	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	82,674	1,078	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	82,923	1,087	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	83,110	1,096	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,178	1,106	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	83,213	1,117	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	83,811	1,126	51,731

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.

South Korea

1911-1990: 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
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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