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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Madagascar	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	15,259	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	15,707	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	16,162	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	16,631	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	17,114	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	17,610	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	18,120	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	18,641	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	19,173	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	19,717	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	20,272	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	20,837	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	21,413	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	21,999	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	22,593	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	23,196	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	23,806	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	24,423	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	25,044	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	25,671	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	26,302	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	26,936	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	27,573	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	28,237	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 Madagascar, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.