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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	Romania	Benin	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	22,414	6,461	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	22,262	6,677	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	22,106	6,902	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	21,931	7,130	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	21,828	7,360	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	21,704	7,589	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	21,571	7,838	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	21,443	8,089	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	21,129	8,335	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	20,779	8,603	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	20,607	8,884	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	20,485	9,179	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	20,385	9,486	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	20,296	9,805	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	20,224	10,135	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	20,151	10,480	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	20,055	10,842	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	19,938	11,220	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	19,823	11,613	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	19,713	12,018	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	19,622	12,370	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	19,496	12,725	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	19,351	13,081	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	19,266	13,439	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).

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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