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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 - KinshasaGermanyRussia
51,18181,439147,218
52,78281,474146,600
54,45381,534145,980
56,17081,595145,310
57,86081,566144,652
59,59981,473144,071
61,47481,354143,522
63,47981,190143,053
65,59081,009142,809
67,80080,781142,746
70,11480,500142,789
72,55080,301142,853
75,13880,292142,964
77,79280,443143,205
80,53480,663143,510
83,36881,000146,094
86,22981,704146,410
89,19382,366146,678
92,20982,674146,846
95,23282,923146,834
98,32083,110146,768
101,49983,178146,463
104,76783,213145,849
108,17183,811146,693

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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