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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	Slovenia	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	1,998	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	2,004	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	2,006	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	2,009	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	2,010	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	2,011	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	2,015	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	2,022	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	2,033	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	2,036	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	2,056	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	2,063	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	2,067	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	2,071	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	2,074	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	2,076	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	2,078	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	2,079	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	2,081	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	2,087	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	2,104	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	2,118	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	2,123	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	2,124	217,718

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.

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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