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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaGermanyMadagascar
51,18181,43915,259
52,78281,47415,707
54,45381,53416,162
56,17081,59516,631
57,86081,56617,114
59,59981,47317,610
61,47481,35418,120
63,47981,19018,641
65,59081,00919,173
67,80080,78119,717
70,11480,50020,272
72,55080,30120,837
75,13880,29221,413
77,79280,44321,999
80,53480,66322,593
83,36881,00023,196
86,22981,70423,806
89,19382,36624,423
92,20982,67425,044
95,23282,92325,671
98,32083,11026,302
101,49983,17826,936
104,76783,21327,573
108,17183,81128,237

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.

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