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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Africa	United States
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,257	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	281	46,958	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,820	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	288	48,480	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	289	48,951	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	293	49,478	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	50,054	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	304	50,667	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	311	51,339	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	319	52,077	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	319	52,862	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	318	53,682	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	319	54,518	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	321	55,356	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	324	56,215	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	327	57,075	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	331	57,947	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	335	58,830	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	59,715	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	353	60,595	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	361	61,469	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	366	62,355	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	372	62,900	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	380	63,382	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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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).