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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	Venezuela	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	81,439	23,188	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	81,474	23,601	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	81,534	24,011	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	81,595	24,425	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	81,566	24,841	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	81,473	25,255	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	81,354	25,667	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	81,190	26,079	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	81,009	26,589	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,781	27,098	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	80,500	27,510	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	80,301	27,920	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	80,292	28,327	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	80,443	28,722	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,663	29,111	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	81,000	29,418	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	81,704	29,693	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	82,366	29,961	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	82,674	29,856	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	82,923	28,858	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	83,110	27,921	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,178	27,871	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	83,213	28,316	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	83,811	28,418	295

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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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