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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	Luxembourg	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	433	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	438	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	443	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	448	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	454	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	460	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	467	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	474	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	482	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	491	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	500	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	509	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	521	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	533	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	547	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	560	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	571	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	586	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	599	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	610	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	623	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	633	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	643	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	651	6,720

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.

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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