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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Spain	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	40,378	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	40,563	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	40,775	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	41,433	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	42,205	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	42,869	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	43,672	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	44,370	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	45,246	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	45,993	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	46,378	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	46,573	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	46,746	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	46,777	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	46,603	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	46,465	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	46,420	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	46,460	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	46,543	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	46,739	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	47,116	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	47,366	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	47,342	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	47,625	2,124

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.

All data sources

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)

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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