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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Hungary	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	10,244	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	10,218	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	10,194	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	10,165	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	10,136	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	10,114	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	10,094	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	10,078	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	10,062	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	10,045	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	10,029	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	10,007	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	9,978	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	9,927	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	9,900	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	9,873	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	9,850	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	9,821	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	9,794	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	9,782	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	9,778	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	9,757	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	9,716	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	9,690	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

Hungary

1870-1913: L. Katus, "Economic Growth in Hungary during the Age of Dualism (1867-1913)" in E. Pemlenyi, ed., Social Economic Research in the History of East Central Europe, Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1970, p.108 and J. Komlos, The Habsburg Monarchy as a Customs Union, Princeton, 1983, pp. 291-3
1900-42: A. Eckstein, "National Income and Capital Formation in Hungary, 1900-50", in S. Kuznets, ed., Income and Wealth, series V GNP index, Bowes and Bowes, London, 1955, p. 175
1938-50: from L. Czirjak, "Hungarian GNP by Sectors of Origin of Product and End Uses, 1938 and 1946-67", Occasional Paper 43, Research Project on East Central Europe, New York, 1973.

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.