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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Ghana	United States
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,327	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,792	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,280	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,806	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,350	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,900	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	22,469	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,058	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,661	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,270	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,899	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	318	25,559	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	319	26,244	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	321	26,945	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,664	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,405	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,146	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,879	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	30,617	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,362	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	361	32,111	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,864	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,622	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,280	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.

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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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Ghana

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

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).