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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Chile	Congo - Kinshasa	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	51,181	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	52,782	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	54,453	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	56,170	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	57,860	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	59,599	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	61,474	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	63,479	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	65,590	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	67,800	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	70,114	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	72,550	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	75,138	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	77,792	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	80,534	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	83,368	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	86,229	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	89,193	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	92,209	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	95,232	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	98,320	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	101,499	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	104,767	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	108,171	6,910

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

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