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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ArmeniaCongo - KinshasaGermany
2,97051,18181,439
2,96652,78281,474
2,96554,45381,534
2,96256,17081,595
2,95557,86081,566
2,95359,59981,473
2,95161,47481,354
2,94863,47981,190
2,94665,59081,009
2,94367,80080,781
2,94170,11480,500
2,93972,55080,301
2,93775,13880,292
2,93477,79280,443
2,93280,53480,663
2,92883,36881,000
2,92486,22981,704
2,91989,19382,366
2,91392,20982,674
2,90795,23282,923
2,89998,32083,110
2,891101,49983,178
2,881104,76783,213
2,871108,17183,811

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

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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