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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Namibia	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	1,841	646
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	1,893	669
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	1,945	693
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	1,981	716
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	2,008	691
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	2,034	657
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	2,060	666
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	2,086	679
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	2,113	694
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	2,141	709
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	2,170	725
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	2,201	741
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	2,232	757
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	2,268	774
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	2,312	792
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	2,360	810
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	2,408	828
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	2,456	847
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	2,505	865
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	2,554	884
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	2,602	898
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	2,651	912
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	2,700	924
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	2,739	937

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 Namibia, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.