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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ethiopia	Italy	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	56,940	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	56,966	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	57,004	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	57,114	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	57,423	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	57,852	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	58,191	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	58,424	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	58,781	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	59,236	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	59,580	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	59,844	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	60,052	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	60,216	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	60,337	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	60,346	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	60,255	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	60,140	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	60,027	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	59,902	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	59,754	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	59,464	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	59,158	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	58,966	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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