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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	277	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	281	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	285	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	288	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	289	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	293	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	296	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	304	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	311	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	319	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	319	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	318	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	319	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	321	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	324	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	327	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	331	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	335	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	343	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	353	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	361	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	366	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	372	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	380	108,171

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).

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.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.