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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Italy	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	277	56,940	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	281	56,966	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	285	57,004	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	288	57,114	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,423	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	293	57,852	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	296	58,191	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	304	58,424	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	311	58,781	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	319	59,236	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	319	59,580	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	318	59,844	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	319	60,052	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	321	60,216	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	324	60,337	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	327	60,346	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	331	60,255	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	335	60,140	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	343	60,027	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	353	59,902	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,754	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	366	59,464	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	372	59,158	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	380	58,966	5,655

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.