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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Japan	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	126,512	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	126,755	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	127,056	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	127,324	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	127,558	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	127,658	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	127,679	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	127,762	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	127,904	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	127,969	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	127,958	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	127,967	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	127,755	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	127,476	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	127,257	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	127,186	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	127,034	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	126,857	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	126,631	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	126,368	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	126,092	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	125,634	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	125,427	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	124,762	2,048

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

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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