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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaGermanySudanSenegal
51,18181,43926,16810,070
52,78281,47426,77110,305
54,45381,53427,38710,576
56,17081,59528,01710,864
57,86081,56628,66211,172
59,59981,47329,32111,498
61,47481,35429,99611,839
63,47981,19030,68612,204
65,59081,00931,39312,584
67,80080,78132,13712,978
70,11480,50033,07813,382
72,55080,30133,89113,794
75,13880,29234,56814,226
77,79280,44335,29314,668
80,53480,66336,09315,121
83,36881,00037,05815,589
86,22981,70438,16516,066
89,19382,36639,29416,549
92,20982,67440,51217,044
95,23282,92341,76417,535
98,32083,11042,95218,021
101,49983,17844,12118,518
104,76783,21345,29019,016
108,17183,81146,49819,512

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, Sudan, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.