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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	Zambia	Romania	United States	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	22,414	279,040	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	22,262	282,162	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	22,106	284,969	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	21,931	287,625	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	21,828	290,108	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	21,704	292,805	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	21,571	295,517	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	21,443	298,380	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	21,129	301,231	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	20,779	304,094	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	20,607	306,772	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	20,485	309,327	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	20,385	311,583	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	20,296	313,878	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	20,224	316,060	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	20,151	318,386	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	20,055	320,739	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	19,938	323,072	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,823	325,122	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,713	326,838	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	19,622	328,330	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	19,496	331,512	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	19,351	332,032	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	19,266	333,288	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.