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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	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	4,244	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	4,199	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	4,154	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	4,108	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	4,059	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	4,013	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	3,966	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	3,919	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	3,873	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	3,829	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	3,788	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	3,748	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	3,709	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	3,671	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	3,633	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	3,595	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	3,558	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	3,522	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	3,485	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	3,448	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	3,412	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	3,376	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	3,339	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	3,570	12,060

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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