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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	North Macedonia	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	2,006	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	2,017	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	2,026	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	2,011	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	2,018	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	2,024	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	2,028	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	2,031	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	2,035	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	2,038	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	2,042	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	2,046	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	2,049	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	2,052	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	2,055	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	2,058	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	2,061	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	2,063	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	2,065	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	2,067	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	2,068	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	2,065	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	2,057	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	2,048	2,403

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).

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.