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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Congo - Kinshasa	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	51,181	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	52,782	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	54,453	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	56,170	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	57,860	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	59,599	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	61,474	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	63,479	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	65,590	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	67,800	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	70,114	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	72,550	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	75,138	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	77,792	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	80,534	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	83,368	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	86,229	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	89,193	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	92,209	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	95,232	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	98,320	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	101,499	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	104,767	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	108,171	58,966

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

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.