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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Congo - Kinshasa	China
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	51,181	1,248,899
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	52,782	1,258,401
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	54,453	1,267,178
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	56,170	1,275,379
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	57,860	1,283,064
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	59,599	1,290,620
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	61,474	1,298,245
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	63,479	1,305,116
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	65,590	1,311,877
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	67,800	1,318,559
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	70,114	1,324,993
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	72,550	1,331,357
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	75,138	1,339,549
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	77,792	1,349,537
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	80,534	1,357,520
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	83,368	1,366,654
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	86,229	1,373,406
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	89,193	1,382,401
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	92,209	1,390,136
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	95,232	1,395,398
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	98,320	1,400,035
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	101,499	1,402,060
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	104,767	1,402,537
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	108,171	1,401,693

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.

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

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