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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaGermanyUnited Arab EmiratesComoros
51,18181,4393,101531
52,78281,4743,284545
54,45381,5343,458559
56,17081,5953,613574
57,86081,5663,754590
59,59981,4733,882606
61,47481,3544,000623
63,47981,1904,532640
65,59081,0095,623657
67,80080,7817,277674
70,11480,5008,164690
72,55080,3018,152706
75,13880,2928,438722
77,79280,4438,747737
80,53480,6639,077752
83,36881,0009,321767
86,22981,7049,461781
89,19382,3669,587795
92,20982,6749,699808
95,23282,9239,796821
98,32083,1109,879837
101,49983,1789,953853
104,76783,21310,018869
108,17183,81110,099885

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.

All data sources

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, United Arab Emirates, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.