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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Japan	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	126,512	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	126,755	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	127,056	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	127,324	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	127,558	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	127,658	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	127,679	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	127,762	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	127,904	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	127,969	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	127,958	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	127,967	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	127,755	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	127,476	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	127,257	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	127,186	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	127,034	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	126,857	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	126,631	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	126,368	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	126,092	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	125,634	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	125,427	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	124,762	55,924

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).

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

Kenya

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.