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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Israel	Greece	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,927	10,618	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	6,088	10,662	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	6,236	10,718	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	6,366	10,757	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	6,484	10,783	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	6,603	10,809	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	6,723	10,841	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	6,846	10,874	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,972	10,901	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,100	10,930	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,226	10,959	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,360	10,973	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,498	10,957	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	7,637	10,898	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	7,781	10,819	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	7,931	10,747	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,091	10,677	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,251	10,633	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,412	10,612	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,576	10,590	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,742	10,579	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,899	10,556	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	9,047	10,499	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	9,188	10,437	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

Israel

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

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

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