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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Moldova	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	4,244	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	4,199	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	4,154	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	4,108	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	4,059	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	4,013	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	3,966	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	3,919	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	3,873	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	3,829	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	3,788	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	3,748	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	3,709	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	3,671	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	3,633	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	3,595	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	3,558	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	3,522	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	3,485	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	3,448	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	3,412	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	3,376	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	3,339	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	3,570	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

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,

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