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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cape Verde	Albania	United States
Dec 31, 1999	422	3,085	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	430	3,065	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	438	3,047	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	447	3,038	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	455	3,026	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	463	3,014	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	471	2,998	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	478	2,979	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	486	2,957	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	494	2,934	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	501	2,915	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,900	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	516	2,892	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	524	2,888	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	531	2,882	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	539	2,876	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	546	2,868	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	553	2,863	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	562	2,861	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	568	2,854	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	574	2,842	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	580	2,825	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	585	2,799	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	590	2,787	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 Cape Verde, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.