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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaGermanyMoldovaTurkmenistan
51,18181,4394,2444,324
52,78281,4744,1994,385
54,45381,5344,1544,444
56,17081,5954,1084,502
57,86081,5664,0594,556
59,59981,4734,0134,608
61,47481,3543,9664,664
63,47981,1903,9194,719
65,59081,0093,8734,773
67,80080,7813,8294,828
70,11480,5003,7884,884
72,55080,3013,7484,940
75,13880,2923,7094,996
77,79280,4433,6715,053
80,53480,6633,6335,110
83,36881,0003,5955,169
86,22981,7043,5585,227
89,19382,3663,5225,287
92,20982,6743,4855,346
95,23282,9233,4485,405
98,32083,1103,4125,464
101,49983,1783,3765,522
104,76783,2133,3395,579
108,17183,8113,5705,657

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, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.