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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Ethiopia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	63,575	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	65,213	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	66,889	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	68,649	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	70,491	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	72,389	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	74,327	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	76,326	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	78,411	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	80,564	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	82,787	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	85,096	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	87,530	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	90,066	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	92,632	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	95,337	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	98,114	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	100,858	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	103,654	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	106,466	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	109,267	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	112,100	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	114,964	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	117,924	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).

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