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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	2,348	11,075	433
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	2,403	11,405	438
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	2,457	11,828	443
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	2,510	12,380	448
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	2,562	12,829	454
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	2,613	13,178	460
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	2,663	13,540	467
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	2,713	13,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	2,764	14,309	482
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	2,816	14,722	491
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	2,871	15,152	500
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	2,928	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	2,986	16,064	521
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	3,047	16,563	533
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	3,110	17,072	547
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	3,174	17,575	560
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	3,240	18,094	571
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	3,307	18,621	586
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	3,375	19,157	599
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	3,444	19,698	610
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	3,512	20,242	623
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	3,582	20,788	633
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	3,651	21,336	643
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	3,696	21,889	651

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 Oman, Burkina Faso, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.