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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	433	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	438	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	443	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	448	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	454	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	460	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	467	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	474	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	482	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	491	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	500	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	509	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	521	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	533	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	547	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	560	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	571	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	586	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	599	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	610	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	623	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	633	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	643	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	651	9,400

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, Luxembourg, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.