GDP per capita is calculated as GDP divided by the:

1. Comparing living standards requires adjusting for country size. 2. Total GDP tells you the size of an economy, not the share per person. 3. A country's GDP per capita is calculated by dividing GDP by the population. 4. That gives output per person. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'The Macroeconomic Perspective'_