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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	North Macedonia	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	2,006	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	2,017	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	2,026	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	2,011	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	2,018	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	2,024	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	2,028	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	2,031	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	2,035	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	2,038	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	2,042	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	2,046	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	2,049	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	2,052	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	2,055	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	2,058	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	2,061	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	2,063	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	2,065	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	2,067	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	2,068	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	2,065	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	2,057	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	2,048	18,494

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 Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.