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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	3,696	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 Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.