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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Turkmenistan	United States	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	4,324	279,040	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	4,385	282,162	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,444	284,969	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,502	287,625	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	4,556	290,108	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	4,608	292,805	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,664	295,517	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,719	298,380	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	4,773	301,231	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	4,828	304,094	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,884	306,772	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	4,940	309,327	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	4,996	311,583	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,053	313,878	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,110	316,060	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,169	318,386	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,227	320,739	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,287	323,072	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,346	325,122	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,405	326,838	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,464	328,330	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,522	331,512	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,579	332,032	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,657	333,288	108,171

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