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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Lesotho	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	1,908	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	1,916	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	1,922	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	1,926	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	1,926	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	1,925	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	1,922	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	1,919	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	1,917	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	1,915	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	1,916	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	1,920	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	1,925	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	1,930	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	1,936	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	1,942	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	1,948	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	1,953	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	1,958	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	1,962	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	1,987	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	2,013	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	2,037	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	2,059	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).

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