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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	4,244	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	4,199	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	4,154	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	4,108	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	4,059	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	4,013	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	3,966	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	3,919	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	3,873	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	3,829	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	3,788	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	3,748	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	3,709	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	3,671	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	3,633	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	3,595	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	3,558	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	3,522	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	3,485	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	3,448	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	3,412	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	3,376	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	3,339	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	3,570	63,382

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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