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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Iceland	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	277	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	281	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	285	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	288	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	289	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	293	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	296	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	304	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	311	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	319	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	319	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	318	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	319	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	321	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	324	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	327	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	331	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	335	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	343	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	353	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	361	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	366	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	372	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	380	223,735

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.

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.