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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Italy	Georgia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	56,940	4,848
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	56,966	4,814
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	57,004	4,789
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	57,114	4,771
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	57,423	4,746
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	57,852	4,739
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	58,191	4,786
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	58,424	4,826
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	58,781	4,820
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	59,236	4,819
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	59,580	4,851
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	59,844	4,898
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	60,052	4,934
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	60,216	4,946
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	60,337	4,938
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	60,346	4,931
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	60,255	4,927
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	60,140	4,924
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	60,027	4,922
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	59,902	4,922
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	59,754	4,923
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	59,464	4,926
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	59,158	4,929
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	58,966	4,911

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

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