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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	19,715

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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