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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Congo - Kinshasa	United States
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	51,181	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	52,782	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	54,453	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	56,170	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	57,860	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	59,599	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	61,474	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	63,479	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	65,590	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	67,800	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	70,114	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	72,550	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	75,138	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	77,792	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	80,534	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	83,368	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	86,229	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	89,193	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	92,209	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	95,232	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	98,320	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	101,499	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	104,767	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	108,171	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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 Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.