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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Congo - Kinshasa	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	51,181	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	52,782	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	54,453	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	56,170	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	57,860	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	59,599	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	61,474	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	63,479	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	65,590	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	67,800	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	70,114	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	72,550	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	75,138	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	77,792	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	80,534	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	83,368	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	86,229	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	89,193	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	92,209	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	95,232	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	98,320	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	101,499	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	104,767	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	108,171	19,512

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

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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