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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sierra Leone	Congo - Kinshasa	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	51,181	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	52,782	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	54,453	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	56,170	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	57,860	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	59,599	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	61,474	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	63,479	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	65,590	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	67,800	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	70,114	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	72,550	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	75,138	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	77,792	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	80,534	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	83,368	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	86,229	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	89,193	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	92,209	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	95,232	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	98,320	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	101,499	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	104,767	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	108,171	19,715

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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