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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Chile	Congo - Kinshasa	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	51,181	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	52,782	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	54,453	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	56,170	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	57,860	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	59,599	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	61,474	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	63,479	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	65,590	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	67,800	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	70,114	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	72,550	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	75,138	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	77,792	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	80,534	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	83,368	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	86,229	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	89,193	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	92,209	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	95,232	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	98,320	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	101,499	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	104,767	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	108,171	273,409

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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