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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Kenya	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	30,192	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	31,025	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	31,919	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	32,865	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	33,846	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	34,880	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	35,961	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	37,093	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	38,248	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	39,441	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	40,668	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	41,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	43,198	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	44,470	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	45,639	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	46,808	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	47,983	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	49,095	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	50,201	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	51,357	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	52,522	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	53,691	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	54,867	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	55,924	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).

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.

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