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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Iran	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	64,704	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	65,411	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	66,167	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	66,689	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	67,807	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	68,480	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	69,325	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	70,158	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	71,040	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	71,942	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	72,888	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	73,826	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	74,625	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	75,446	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	76,418	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	77,521	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	78,652	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	79,700	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	80,725	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	81,721	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	82,685	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,614	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	84,505	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	85,108	7,666

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).

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 Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.