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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cambodia	Italy	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	56,940	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	56,966	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	57,004	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	57,114	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	57,423	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	57,852	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	58,191	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	58,424	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	58,781	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	59,236	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	59,580	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	59,844	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	60,052	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	60,216	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	60,337	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	60,346	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	60,255	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	60,140	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	60,027	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	59,902	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	59,754	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	59,464	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	59,158	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	58,966	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.

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