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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	Laos	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	5,286	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	5,397	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	5,499	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	5,578	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	5,654	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	5,746	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	5,836	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	5,931	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	6,035	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	6,145	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	6,257	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	6,368	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	6,477	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	6,586	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	6,695	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	6,804	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	6,912	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	7,019	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	7,127	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	7,234	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	7,343	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	7,452	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	7,560	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	7,666	47,625

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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