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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	Iceland	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	126,512	277	531
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	126,755	281	545
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	127,056	285	559
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	127,324	288	574
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	127,558	289	590
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	127,658	293	606
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	127,679	296	623
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	127,762	304	640
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	127,904	311	657
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	127,969	319	674
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	127,958	319	690
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	127,967	318	706
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	127,755	319	722
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	127,476	321	737
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	127,257	324	752
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	127,186	327	767
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	127,034	331	781
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	126,857	335	795
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	126,631	343	808
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	126,368	353	821
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	126,092	361	837
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	125,634	366	853
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	125,427	372	869
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	124,762	380	885

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.

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 Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.