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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	5,286	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	5,397	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	5,499	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	5,578	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	5,654	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	5,746	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	5,836	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	5,931	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	6,035	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	6,145	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	6,257	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	6,368	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	6,477	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	6,586	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	6,695	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	6,804	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	6,912	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	7,019	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	7,127	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	7,234	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	7,343	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	7,452	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	7,560	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	7,666	31,845

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