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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Croatia	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	4,377	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	4,334	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	4,171	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	4,176	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	4,176	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	4,179	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	4,182	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	4,183	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	4,183	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	4,181	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	4,177	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	4,167	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	4,154	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	4,141	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	4,126	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	4,109	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	4,081	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	4,047	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	4,006	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	3,968	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	3,945	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	3,925	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	3,839	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	3,790	58,966

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).

Croatia

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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.