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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 Burkina FasoGermanyCongo - Kinshasa
11,07581,43951,181
11,40581,47452,782
11,82881,53454,453
12,38081,59556,170
12,82981,56657,860
13,17881,47359,599
13,54081,35461,474
13,91781,19063,479
14,30981,00965,590
14,72280,78167,800
15,15280,50070,114
15,60080,30172,550
16,06480,29275,138
16,56380,44377,792
17,07280,66380,534
17,57581,00083,368
18,09481,70486,229
18,62182,36689,193
19,15782,67492,209
19,69882,92395,232
20,24283,11098,320
20,78883,178101,499
21,33683,213104,767
21,88983,811108,171

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

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 Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.