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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	São Tomé & Príncipe	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	138	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	141	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	144	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	147	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	151	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	154	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	158	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	161	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	165	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	168	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	172	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	176	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	180	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	183	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	187	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	190	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	194	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	198	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	201	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	204	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	208	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	212	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	216	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	220	3,570

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).

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.