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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	5,286	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	5,397	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	5,499	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	5,578	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	5,654	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	5,746	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	5,836	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	5,931	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	6,035	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	6,145	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	6,257	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	6,368	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	6,477	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	6,586	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	6,695	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	6,804	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	6,912	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	7,019	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	7,127	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	7,234	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	7,343	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	7,452	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	7,560	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	7,666	10,200

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.

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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