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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Sudan	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	26,168	152
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	26,771	153
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	27,387	154
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	28,017	155
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	28,662	156
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	29,321	157
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	29,996	157
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	30,686	158
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	31,393	159
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	32,137	160
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	33,078	160
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	33,891	161
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	34,568	162
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	35,293	162
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	36,093	163
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	37,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	38,165	164
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	39,294	164
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	40,512	165
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	41,764	166
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	42,952	166
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	44,121	167
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	45,290	167
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	46,498	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 Sudan, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.