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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Spain	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	40,378	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	40,563	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	40,775	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	41,433	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	42,205	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	42,869	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	43,672	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	44,370	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	45,246	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	45,993	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	46,378	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	46,573	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	46,746	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	46,777	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	46,603	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	46,465	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	46,420	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	46,460	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	46,543	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	46,739	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	47,116	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	47,366	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	47,342	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	47,625	48,065

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)

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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