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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	Japan	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	126,512	3,811	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	126,755	3,901	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	127,056	3,919	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	127,324	3,923	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	127,558	3,940	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	127,658	3,975	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	127,679	3,991	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	127,762	3,993	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	127,904	3,990	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	127,969	3,987	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	127,958	3,985	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	127,967	3,983	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	127,755	3,980	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	127,476	3,977	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	127,257	3,973	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	127,186	3,968	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	127,034	3,963	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	126,857	3,957	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	126,631	3,951	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	126,368	3,944	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	126,092	3,937	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	125,634	3,929	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	125,427	3,921	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	124,762	3,876	108,171

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).

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.