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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominican Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	United Kingdom
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	51,181	58,946
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	52,782	59,149
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	54,453	59,377
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	56,170	59,631
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	57,860	59,903
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	59,599	60,217
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	61,474	60,682
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	63,479	61,098
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	65,590	61,593
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	67,800	62,100
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	70,114	62,539
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	72,550	63,040
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	75,138	63,567
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	77,792	63,989
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,534	64,392
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	83,368	64,885
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	86,229	65,400
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	89,193	65,941
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	92,209	66,335
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	95,232	66,732
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	98,320	67,095
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	101,499	67,380
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	104,767	67,651
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	108,171	68,093

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

United Kingdom

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
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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