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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Italy	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	56,940	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	56,966	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	57,004	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	57,114	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	57,423	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	57,852	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	58,191	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	58,424	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	58,781	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	59,236	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	59,580	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	59,844	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	60,052	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	60,216	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	60,337	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	60,346	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	60,255	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	60,140	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	60,027	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	59,902	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	59,754	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	59,464	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	59,158	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	58,966	5,216

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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