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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	China	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	126,512	1,248,899	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	126,755	1,258,401	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	127,056	1,267,178	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	127,324	1,275,379	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	127,558	1,283,064	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	127,658	1,290,620	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	127,679	1,298,245	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	127,762	1,305,116	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	127,904	1,311,877	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	127,969	1,318,559	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	127,958	1,324,993	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	127,967	1,331,357	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	127,755	1,339,549	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	127,476	1,349,537	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	127,257	1,357,520	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	127,186	1,366,654	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	127,034	1,373,406	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	126,857	1,382,401	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	126,631	1,390,136	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	126,368	1,395,398	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	126,092	1,400,035	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	125,634	1,402,060	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	125,427	1,402,537	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	124,762	1,401,693	121,234

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.

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.