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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Congo - Kinshasa	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	51,181	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	52,782	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	54,453	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	56,170	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	57,860	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	59,599	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	61,474	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	63,479	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	65,590	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	67,800	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	70,114	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	72,550	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	75,138	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	77,792	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	80,534	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	83,368	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	86,229	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	89,193	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	92,209	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	95,232	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	98,320	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	101,499	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	104,767	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	108,171	2,124

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).

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.