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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 - KinshasaGermanyQatar
51,18181,439627
52,78281,474659
54,45381,534691
56,17081,595724
57,86081,566757
59,59981,473850
61,47481,3541,001
63,47981,1901,153
65,59081,0091,306
67,80080,7811,460
70,11480,5001,615
72,55080,3011,770
75,13880,2921,904
77,79280,4432,010
80,53480,6632,103
83,36881,0002,187
86,22981,7042,261
89,19382,3662,326
92,20982,6742,384
95,23282,9232,435
98,32083,1102,480
101,49983,1782,519
104,76783,2132,553
108,17183,8112,559

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