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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Namibia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	1,841	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	1,893	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	1,945	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	1,981	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	2,008	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	2,034	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	2,060	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	2,086	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	2,113	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	2,141	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	2,170	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	2,201	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	2,232	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	2,268	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	2,312	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	2,360	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	2,408	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	2,456	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	2,505	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	2,554	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	2,602	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	2,651	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	2,700	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	2,739	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.

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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).

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