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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Turkmenistan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	4,324	138
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	4,385	141
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	4,444	144
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	4,502	147
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	4,556	151
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	4,608	154
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	4,664	158
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	4,719	161
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	4,773	165
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	4,828	168
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	4,884	172
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	4,940	176
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	4,996	180
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	5,053	183
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	5,110	187
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	5,169	190
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	5,227	194
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	5,287	198
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	5,346	201
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	5,405	204
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	5,464	208
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	5,522	212
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	5,579	216
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	5,657	220

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 Turkmenistan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.