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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Norway	Italy	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	4,463	56,940	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	4,492	56,966	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,515	57,004	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,539	57,114	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	4,566	57,423	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	4,593	57,852	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,624	58,191	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,662	58,424	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	4,710	58,781	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	4,769	59,236	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,830	59,580	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	4,890	59,844	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	4,954	60,052	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,020	60,216	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,081	60,337	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,138	60,346	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,191	60,255	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,237	60,140	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,278	60,027	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,313	59,902	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,349	59,754	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,380	59,464	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,409	59,158	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,458	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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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.