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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Cyprus	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	818	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	826	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	835	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	845	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	855	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	867	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	879	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	894	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	913	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	937	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	962	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	988	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	1,013	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	1,029	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	1,026	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	1,015	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	1,009	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	1,014	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	1,023	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	1,036	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	1,050	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	1,062	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	1,072	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	1,087	85,108

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).

Iran

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

No separate list is published for Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.