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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.