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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Netherlands	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	15,817	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	15,932	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	16,052	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	16,155	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	16,231	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	16,288	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	16,326	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	16,352	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	16,388	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	16,452	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	16,536	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	16,621	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,699	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,761	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	16,810	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	16,871	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	16,946	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	17,036	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	17,137	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	17,238	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	17,351	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	17,448	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	17,539	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	17,709	83,811

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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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