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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	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	4,244	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	4,199	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	4,154	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	4,108	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	4,059	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	4,013	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	3,966	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	3,919	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	3,873	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	3,829	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	3,788	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	3,748	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	3,709	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	3,671	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	3,633	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	3,595	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	3,558	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	3,522	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	3,485	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	3,448	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	3,412	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	3,376	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	3,339	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	3,570	28,418

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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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