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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 - KinshasaGermanyBarbados
51,18181,439273
52,78281,474274
54,45381,534275
56,17081,595276
57,86081,566278
59,59981,473279
61,47481,354280
63,47981,190281
65,59081,009282
67,80080,781283
70,11480,500285
72,55080,301286
75,13880,292287
77,79280,443288
80,53480,663289
83,36881,000290
86,22981,704291
89,19382,366291
92,20982,674292
95,23282,923293
98,32083,110294
101,49983,178294
104,76783,213295
108,17183,811295

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