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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Ethiopia	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	63,575	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	65,213	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	66,889	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	68,649	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	70,491	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	72,389	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	74,327	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	76,326	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	78,411	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,564	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	82,787	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	85,096	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	87,530	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	90,066	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	92,632	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	95,337	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	98,114	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	100,858	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	103,654	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	106,466	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	109,267	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	112,100	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	114,964	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	117,924	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

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, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.