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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Equatorial Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	478
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	491
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	506
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	521
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	536
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	551
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	567
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	583
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	600
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	616
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	633
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	651
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	668
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	686
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	704
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	722
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	741
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	759
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	778
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	797
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	825
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	847
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	868
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	889

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).

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