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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	Italy	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	56,940	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	56,966	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	57,004	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	57,114	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	57,423	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	57,852	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	58,191	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	58,424	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	58,781	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	59,236	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	59,580	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	59,844	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	60,052	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	60,216	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	60,337	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	60,346	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	60,255	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	60,140	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	60,027	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	59,902	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	59,754	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	59,464	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	59,158	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	58,966	108,171

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

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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