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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	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	5,286	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	5,397	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	5,499	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	5,578	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	5,654	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	5,746	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	5,836	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	5,931	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	6,035	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	6,145	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	6,257	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	6,368	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	6,477	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	6,586	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	6,695	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	6,804	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	6,912	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	7,019	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	7,127	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	7,234	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	7,343	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	7,452	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	7,560	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	7,666	146,693

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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