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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	81,439	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	81,474	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	81,534	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	81,595	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	81,566	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	81,473	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	81,354	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	81,190	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	81,009	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	80,781	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	80,500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	80,301	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	80,292	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	80,443	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	80,663	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	81,000	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	81,704	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	82,366	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	82,674	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	82,923	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	83,110	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	83,178	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	83,213	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	83,811	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

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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