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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 UzbekistanOmanUnited States
24,7012,348279,040
25,0422,403282,162
25,3722,457284,969
25,6962,510287,625
25,9922,562290,108
26,2682,613292,805
26,5402,663295,517
26,8122,713298,380
27,0812,764301,231
27,3472,816304,094
27,6092,871306,772
27,8692,928309,327
28,1322,986311,583
28,3983,047313,878
28,6663,110316,060
28,9343,174318,386
29,2053,240320,739
29,4803,307323,072
29,7563,375325,122
30,0313,444326,838
30,3053,512328,330
30,5763,582331,512
30,8433,651332,032
31,3373,696333,288

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 Uzbekistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.