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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Singapore	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	3,959	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	4,028	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	4,138	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	4,176	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	4,115	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	4,167	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	4,266	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	4,401	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	4,589	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	4,839	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	4,988	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	5,077	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	5,184	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	5,312	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	5,399	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	5,470	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	5,535	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	5,607	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	5,612	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	5,639	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	5,704	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	5,686	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	5,716	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	5,750	22,239

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).

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.