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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date United StatesChadMorocco
279,0407,55928,400
282,1627,82128,744
284,9698,09229,094
287,6258,39529,447
290,1088,76329,806
292,8059,19130,169
295,5179,59430,552
298,3809,96730,953
301,23110,33831,354
304,09410,72831,754
306,77211,13932,154
309,32711,55032,553
311,58311,98332,951
313,87812,42733,346
316,06012,89533,737
318,38613,37934,124
320,73913,82334,511
323,07214,27734,898
325,12214,76535,279
326,83815,25235,653
328,33015,75036,018
331,51216,25736,375
332,03216,77636,723
333,28817,30737,101

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 Chad, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.