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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	Palestinian Territories	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	2,996	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	3,075	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	3,155	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	3,235	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	3,315	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	3,396	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	3,478	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	3,559	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	3,642	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	3,727	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	3,817	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	3,907	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	3,997	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	4,088	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	4,178	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	4,269	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	4,359	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	4,451	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	4,533	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	4,615	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	4,715	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	4,820	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	4,930	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	5,042	39,252

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, Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.