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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	United States	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	37,101

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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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