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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	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	277	11,075	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	281	11,405	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	285	11,828	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	288	12,380	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	289	12,829	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	293	13,178	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	296	13,540	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	304	13,917	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	311	14,309	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	319	14,722	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	319	15,152	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	318	15,600	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	319	16,064	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	321	16,563	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	324	17,072	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	327	17,575	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	331	18,094	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	335	18,621	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	343	19,157	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	353	19,698	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	361	20,242	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	366	20,788	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	372	21,336	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	380	21,889	125,247

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).

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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