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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.