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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	3,811	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	3,901	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	3,919	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	3,923	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	3,940	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	3,975	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	3,991	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	3,993	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	3,990	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	3,987	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	3,985	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	3,983	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	3,980	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	3,977	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	3,973	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	3,968	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	3,963	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	3,957	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	3,951	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	3,944	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	3,937	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	3,929	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	3,921	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	3,876	55,924

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.