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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Congo - Kinshasa	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	51,181	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	52,782	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	54,453	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	56,170	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	57,860	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	59,599	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	61,474	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	63,479	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	65,590	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	67,800	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	70,114	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	72,550	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	75,138	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	77,792	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	80,534	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	83,368	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	86,229	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	89,193	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	92,209	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	95,232	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	98,320	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	101,499	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	104,767	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	108,171	10,200

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.