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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 - KinshasaCameroonGermany
51,18115,48381,439
52,78215,91381,474
54,45316,35481,534
56,17016,81581,595
57,86017,28981,566
59,59917,76481,473
61,47418,24981,354
63,47918,74681,190
65,59019,27881,009
67,80019,84380,781
70,11420,41980,500
72,55021,00280,301
75,13821,58680,292
77,79222,18180,443
80,53422,80080,663
83,36823,51381,000
86,22924,27381,704
89,19324,99582,366
92,20925,68082,674
95,23226,37382,923
98,32027,11483,110
101,49927,87883,178
104,76728,66383,213
108,17129,41783,811

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, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.