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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	Moldova	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	277	4,244	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	281	4,199	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	285	4,154	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	288	4,108	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	289	4,059	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	293	4,013	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	296	3,966	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	304	3,919	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	311	3,873	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	319	3,829	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	319	3,788	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	318	3,748	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	319	3,709	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	321	3,671	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	324	3,633	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	327	3,595	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	331	3,558	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	335	3,522	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	343	3,485	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	353	3,448	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	361	3,412	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	366	3,376	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	372	3,339	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	380	3,570	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 Moldova, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.