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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date JordanCongo - KinshasaItaly
4,59151,18156,940
4,70052,78256,966
4,81154,45357,004
4,92356,17057,114
5,03757,86057,423
5,16159,59957,852
5,29561,47458,191
5,76563,47958,424
6,24365,59058,781
6,39767,80059,236
6,53870,11459,580
6,68072,55059,844
6,84075,13860,052
6,95277,79260,216
7,70680,53460,337
8,83983,36860,346
9,50686,22960,255
9,86389,19360,140
10,06692,20960,027
10,27395,23259,902
10,48098,32059,754
10,628101,49959,464
10,716104,76759,158
10,849108,17158,966

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

Jordan

  • 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
  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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