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Gross World Product, 1950-2004
Year
Total
Per Person
Trillion 2004 Dollars
2004 Dollars
1950
7.1
2,835
1955
9.2
3,336
1960
11.3
3,722
1965
14.4
4,312
1970
18.5
5,006
1971
19.3
5,108
1972
20.1
5,232
1973
21.5
5,490
1974
22.0
5,494
1975
22.3
5,473
1976
23.4
5,636
1977
24.4
5,770
1978
25.3
5,899
1979
26.3
6,022
1980
26.8
6,042
1981
27.3
6,035
1982
27.6
6,002
1983
28.5
6,084
1984
29.8
6,252
1985
30.7
6,345
1986
31.8
6,455
1987
33.0
6,579
1988
34.4
6,741
1989
35.5
6,836
1990
36.3
6,867
1991
36.7
6,839
1992
37.4
6,873
1993
38.2
6,908
1994
39.5
7,039
1995
40.8
7,168
1996
42.4
7,350
1997
44.2
7,546
1998
45.1
7,610
1999
46.5
7,745
2000
48.6
7,985
2001
49.7
8,061
2002
51.2
8,202
2003
53.2
8,428
2004
55.9
8,753
Source: Historical time series from David Malin Roodman, “Economic Growth Falters,” in Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2002 (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002), pp. 58–59, updated by Earth Policy Institute from International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, at www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo, updated April 2005; United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision (New York: 2005.)


 


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