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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Portugal	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	10,144	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	10,215	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	10,288	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	10,344	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	10,383	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	10,408	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	10,427	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	10,446	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	10,467	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	10,482	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	10,492	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	10,497	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	10,481	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	10,439	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	10,382	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	10,326	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	10,283	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	10,251	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	10,226	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	10,209	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	10,212	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	10,223	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	10,214	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	10,200	7,666

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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