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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Italy	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	56,940	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	56,966	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	57,004	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	57,114	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	57,423	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	57,852	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	58,191	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	58,424	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	58,781	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	59,236	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	59,580	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	59,844	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	60,052	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	60,216	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	60,337	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	60,346	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	60,255	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	60,140	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	60,027	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	59,902	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	59,754	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	59,464	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	59,158	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	58,966	22,239

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).

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.