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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Nigeria	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	121,649	387
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	125,014	390
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	128,513	393
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	132,165	396
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	135,971	398
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	139,900	401
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	143,914	404
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	148,019	405
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	152,195	406
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	156,434	409
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	160,751	412
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	165,142	414
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	169,607	416
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	174,142	420
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	178,737	426
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	183,362	435
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	187,979	445
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	192,594	455
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	197,417	468
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	202,498	485
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	207,699	504
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	213,021	516
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	218,473	518
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	223,735	530

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).

Nigeria

1885-1950: 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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.