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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uzbekistan	Italy	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	24,701	56,940	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	25,042	56,966	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	25,372	57,004	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	25,696	57,114	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	25,992	57,423	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	26,268	57,852	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	26,540	58,191	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	26,812	58,424	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	27,081	58,781	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	27,347	59,236	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	27,609	59,580	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	27,869	59,844	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	28,132	60,052	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	28,398	60,216	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	28,666	60,337	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	28,934	60,346	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	29,205	60,255	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	29,480	60,140	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	29,756	60,027	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	30,031	59,902	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	30,305	59,754	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	30,576	59,464	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	30,843	59,158	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	31,337	58,966	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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