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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	Lithuania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	126,512	3,419	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	126,755	3,395	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	127,056	3,367	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	127,324	3,340	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	127,558	3,313	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	127,658	3,276	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	127,679	3,223	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	127,762	3,172	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	127,904	3,134	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	127,969	3,102	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	127,958	3,068	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	127,967	3,004	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	127,755	2,937	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	127,476	2,898	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	127,257	2,869	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	127,186	2,844	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	127,034	2,818	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	126,857	2,782	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	126,631	2,744	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	126,368	2,718	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	126,092	2,710	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	125,634	2,711	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	125,427	2,724	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	124,762	2,748	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).

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.

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