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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Norway	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,463	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	4,492	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,515	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,539	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,566	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,593	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,624	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,662	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,710	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,769	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,830	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,890	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,954	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,020	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,081	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,138	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,191	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,237	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,278	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,313	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,349	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,380	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,409	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,458	58,966

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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.

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