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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Congo - Kinshasa	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	51,181	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	52,782	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	54,453	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	56,170	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	57,860	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	59,599	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	61,474	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	63,479	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	65,590	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	67,800	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	70,114	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	72,550	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	75,138	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	77,792	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	80,534	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	83,368	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	86,229	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	89,193	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	92,209	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	95,232	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	98,320	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	101,499	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	104,767	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	108,171	9,107

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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