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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaGermanySt. Lucia
51,18181,439152
52,78281,474153
54,45381,534154
56,17081,595155
57,86081,566156
59,59981,473157
61,47481,354157
63,47981,190158
65,59081,009159
67,80080,781160
70,11480,500160
72,55080,301161
75,13880,292162
77,79280,443162
80,53480,663163
83,36881,000163
86,22981,704164
89,19382,366164
92,20982,674165
95,23282,923166
98,32083,110166
101,49983,178167
104,76783,213167
108,17183,811167

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.

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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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.