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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Austria	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	8,039	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	8,059	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	8,090	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	8,130	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	8,166	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	8,217	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	8,274	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	8,317	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	8,344	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	8,370	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	8,390	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	8,410	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	8,438	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	8,476	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	8,527	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	8,594	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	8,680	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	8,791	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	8,847	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	8,890	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	8,930	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	8,969	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	9,004	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	9,107	58,966

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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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.