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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 Congo - KinshasaAzerbaijanGermany
51,1818,05681,439
52,7828,12781,474
54,4538,19481,534
56,1708,25781,595
57,8608,31981,566
59,5998,39181,473
61,4748,47581,354
63,4798,56581,190
65,5908,65781,009
67,8008,75080,781
70,1148,84280,500
72,5508,93380,301
75,1389,02580,292
77,7929,11780,443
80,5349,21080,663
83,3689,30281,000
86,2299,39381,704
89,1939,48182,366
92,2099,56782,674
95,2329,64982,923
98,3209,72783,110
101,4999,80283,178
104,7679,87483,213
108,1719,91883,811

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