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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	United States
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	333,288

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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.