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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Iceland	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	277	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	281	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	285	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	288	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	289	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	293	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	296	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	304	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	311	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	319	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	319	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	318	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	319	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	321	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	324	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	327	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	331	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	335	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	343	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	353	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	361	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	366	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	372	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	380	174,217

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).

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995