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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	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	5,286	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	5,397	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	5,499	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	5,578	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	5,654	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	5,746	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	5,836	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	5,931	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	6,035	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	6,145	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	6,257	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	6,368	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	6,477	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	6,586	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	6,695	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	6,804	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	6,912	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	7,019	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	7,127	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	7,234	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	7,343	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	7,452	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	7,560	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	7,666	3,061

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.

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