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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 - KinshasaGermanyJamaica
51,18181,4392,643
52,78281,4742,670
54,45381,5342,694
56,17081,5952,707
57,86081,5662,709
59,59981,4732,711
61,47481,3542,711
63,47981,1902,710
65,59081,0092,708
67,80080,7812,705
70,11480,5002,702
72,55080,3012,697
75,13880,2922,692
77,79280,4432,686
80,53480,6632,682
83,36881,0002,678
86,22981,7042,675
89,19382,3662,674
92,20982,6742,673
95,23282,9232,673
98,32083,1102,674
101,49983,1782,675
104,76783,2132,676
108,17183,8112,676

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.

Jamaica

  • 1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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