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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	United States
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.