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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	United States	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	279,040	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	282,162	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	284,969	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	287,625	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	290,108	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	292,805	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	295,517	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	298,380	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	301,231	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	304,094	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	306,772	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	309,327	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	311,583	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	313,878	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	316,060	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	318,386	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	320,739	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	323,072	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	325,122	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	326,838	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	328,330	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	331,512	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	332,032	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	333,288	1,456

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 Central African Republic, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.