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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	Sudan	Ireland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	26,168	3,757
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	26,771	3,807
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	27,387	3,866
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	28,017	3,934
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	28,662	4,000
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	29,321	4,070
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	29,996	4,163
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	30,686	4,273
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	31,393	4,403
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	32,137	4,499
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	33,078	4,542
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	33,891	4,563
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	34,568	4,581
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	35,293	4,600
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	36,093	4,623
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	37,058	4,655
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	38,165	4,699
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	39,294	4,752
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	40,512	4,805
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	41,764	4,864
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	42,952	4,930
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	44,121	4,983
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	45,290	5,022
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	46,498	5,118

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.

Ireland

1820, 1870, 1913: MPD 2013, Bolt and Van Zanden, 2014, The Maddison Project: collaborative research on historical national accounts. The Economic History Review, 67(3), 627–651
1913-1926: P. Deane (1968), and Feinstein, 1972
1926-1950: K.A. Kennedy, Productivity and Industrial Growth: The Irish Experience, Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 3.

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