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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 - KinshasaGermanyMauritania
51,18181,4392,437
52,78281,4742,501
54,45381,5342,566
56,17081,5952,632
57,86081,5662,699
59,59981,4732,768
61,47481,3542,838
63,47981,1902,909
65,59081,0092,981
67,80080,7813,055
70,11480,5003,129
72,55080,3013,205
75,13880,2923,282
77,79280,4433,359
80,53480,6633,438
83,36881,0003,517
86,22981,7043,597
89,19382,3663,677
92,20982,6743,759
95,23282,9233,840
98,32083,1103,942
101,49983,1784,045
104,76783,2134,150
108,17183,8114,259

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