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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Moldova	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	4,244	152
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	4,199	153
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	4,154	154
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	4,108	155
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	4,059	156
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	4,013	157
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	3,966	157
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	3,919	158
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	3,873	159
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	3,829	160
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	3,788	160
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	3,748	161
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	3,709	162
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	3,671	162
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	3,633	163
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	3,595	163
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	3,558	164
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	3,522	164
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	3,485	165
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	3,448	166
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	3,412	166
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	3,376	167
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	3,339	167
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	3,570	167

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 Moldova, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.