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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sweden	Romania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	8,858	22,414	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	8,872	22,262	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	8,896	22,106	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	8,925	21,931	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	8,958	21,828	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	8,994	21,704	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	9,030	21,571	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	9,081	21,443	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	9,148	21,129	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	9,220	20,779	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	9,299	20,607	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	9,378	20,485	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	9,449	20,385	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	9,519	20,296	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	9,600	20,224	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	9,696	20,151	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	9,799	20,055	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	9,923	19,938	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	10,058	19,823	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	10,175	19,713	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	10,279	19,622	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	10,354	19,496	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,416	19,351	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,487	19,266	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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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