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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Mongolia	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	2,433	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	2,461	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	2,489	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	2,519	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	2,547	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	2,574	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	2,602	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	2,633	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	2,666	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	2,702	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	2,741	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	2,783	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	2,827	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	2,870	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	2,912	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	2,953	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	2,993	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	3,031	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	3,068	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	3,103	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	3,171	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	3,231	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	3,284	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	3,333	174,217

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).

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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