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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Italy	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	56,940	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	56,966	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	57,004	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	57,114	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	57,423	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	57,852	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	58,191	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	58,424	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	58,781	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	59,236	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	59,580	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	59,844	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	60,052	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	60,216	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	60,337	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	60,346	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	60,255	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	60,140	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	60,027	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	59,902	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	59,754	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	59,464	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	59,158	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	58,966	22,239

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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