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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	Moldova	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	4,244	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	4,199	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	4,154	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	4,108	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	4,059	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	4,013	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	3,966	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	3,919	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	3,873	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	3,829	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	3,788	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	3,748	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	3,709	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	3,671	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	3,633	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	3,595	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	3,558	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	3,522	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	3,485	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	3,448	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	3,412	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	3,376	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	3,339	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	3,570	13,439

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, Moldova, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.