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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Oman	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	2,348	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	2,403	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	2,457	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	2,510	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	2,562	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	2,613	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	2,663	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	2,713	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	2,764	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	2,816	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	2,871	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	2,928	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	2,986	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	3,047	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	3,110	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	3,174	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	3,240	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	3,307	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	3,375	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	3,444	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	3,512	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	3,582	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	3,651	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	3,696	23,796

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 Oman, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.