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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Barbados	United States
Dec 31, 1999	138	273	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	141	274	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	144	275	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	147	276	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	151	278	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	154	279	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	158	280	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	161	281	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	165	282	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	168	283	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	172	285	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	176	286	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	180	287	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	183	288	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	187	289	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	190	290	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	194	291	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	198	291	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	201	292	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	204	293	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	208	294	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	212	294	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	216	295	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	220	295	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.