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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Cuba	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,108	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,147	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,179	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	11,210	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	11,241	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	11,260	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	11,268	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	11,266	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	11,261	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	11,258	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	11,260	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	11,262	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	11,264	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	11,262	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	11,250	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	11,238	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	11,214	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	11,180	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	11,147	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	11,116	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	11,105	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	11,089	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	11,046	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	11,003	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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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.