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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	United Arab Emirates	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,101	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,284	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,458	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,613	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,754	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,882	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,000	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,532	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,623	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	7,277	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	8,164	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	8,152	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	8,438	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	8,747	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	9,077	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	9,321	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	9,461	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	9,587	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	9,699	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	9,796	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	9,879	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	9,953	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	10,018	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	10,099	47,625

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

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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