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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Nicaragua	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	4,778	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	4,866	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	4,952	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	5,036	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	5,116	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	5,193	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	5,267	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	5,338	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	5,408	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	5,476	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	5,541	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	5,604	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	5,666	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	5,728	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	5,789	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	5,849	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	5,908	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	5,967	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	6,026	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	6,085	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	6,170	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	6,255	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	6,343	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	6,433	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 Nicaragua, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.