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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 - KinshasaGermanyAngola
51,18181,43911,334
52,78281,47411,676
54,45381,53412,030
56,17081,59512,443
57,86081,56612,936
59,59981,47313,480
61,47481,35414,012
63,47981,19014,535
65,59081,00915,084
67,80080,78115,658
70,11480,50016,260
72,55080,30116,885
75,13880,29217,525
77,79280,44318,202
80,53480,66318,908
83,36881,00019,624
86,22981,70420,354
89,19382,36621,098
92,20982,67421,859
95,23282,92322,638
98,32083,11023,437
101,49983,17824,253
104,76783,21325,089
108,17183,81125,878

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