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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Uganda	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	23,408	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	24,195	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	24,992	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	25,846	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	26,661	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	27,414	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	28,200	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	29,021	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	29,846	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	30,647	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	31,469	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	32,343	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	33,257	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	34,234	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	35,271	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	36,419	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	37,673	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	39,157	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	40,879	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	42,329	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	43,639	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	45,120	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	46,645	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	48,065	217,718

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).

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;