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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	Portugal	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	10,144	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	10,215	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	10,288	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	10,344	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	10,383	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	10,408	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	10,427	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	10,446	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	10,467	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	10,482	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	10,492	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	10,497	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	10,481	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	10,439	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	10,382	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	10,326	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	10,283	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	10,251	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	10,226	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	10,209	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	10,212	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	10,223	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	10,214	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	10,200	295

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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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