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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Netherlands	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	15,817	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	15,932	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	16,052	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	16,155	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	16,231	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	16,288	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	16,326	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	16,352	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	16,388	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	16,452	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	16,536	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	16,621	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,699	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,761	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	16,810	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	16,871	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	16,946	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	17,036	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	17,137	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	17,238	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	17,351	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	17,448	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	17,539	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	17,709	46,498

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.

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