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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	United States	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	433	279,040	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	438	282,162	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	443	284,969	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	448	287,625	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	454	290,108	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	460	292,805	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	467	295,517	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	474	298,380	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	482	301,231	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	491	304,094	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	500	306,772	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	509	309,327	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	521	311,583	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	533	313,878	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	547	316,060	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	560	318,386	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	571	320,739	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	586	323,072	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	599	325,122	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	610	326,838	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	623	328,330	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	633	331,512	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	643	332,032	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	651	333,288	6,291

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 Luxembourg, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.