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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Congo - Kinshasa	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	51,181	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	52,782	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	54,453	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	56,170	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	57,860	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	59,599	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	61,474	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	63,479	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	65,590	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	67,800	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	70,114	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	72,550	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	75,138	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	77,792	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	80,534	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	83,368	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	86,229	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	89,193	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	92,209	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	95,232	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	98,320	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	101,499	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	104,767	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	108,171	34,081

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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

Saudi Arabia

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

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