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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	Luxembourg	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	277	433	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	281	438	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	285	443	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	288	448	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	289	454	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	293	460	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	296	467	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	304	474	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	311	482	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	319	491	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	319	500	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	318	509	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	319	521	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	321	533	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	324	547	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	327	560	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	331	571	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	335	586	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	343	599	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	353	610	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	361	623	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	366	633	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	372	643	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	380	651	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).

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.

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