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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Bangladesh	China
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	132,907	1,248,899
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	135,207	1,258,401
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	137,420	1,267,178
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	139,573	1,275,379
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	141,650	1,283,064
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	143,644	1,290,620
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	145,546	1,298,245
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	147,376	1,305,116
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	149,047	1,311,877
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	150,562	1,318,559
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	152,189	1,324,993
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	153,927	1,331,357
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	155,634	1,339,549
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	157,326	1,349,537
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	158,999	1,357,520
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	160,650	1,366,654
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	162,273	1,373,406
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	163,938	1,382,401
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	165,655	1,390,136
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	167,358	1,395,398
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	169,045	1,400,035
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	170,709	1,402,060
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	172,354	1,402,537
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	174,217	1,401,693

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

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).

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.