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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 - KinshasaGermanySenegal
51,18181,43910,070
52,78281,47410,305
54,45381,53410,576
56,17081,59510,864
57,86081,56611,172
59,59981,47311,498
61,47481,35411,839
63,47981,19012,204
65,59081,00912,584
67,80080,78112,978
70,11480,50013,382
72,55080,30113,794
75,13880,29214,226
77,79280,44314,668
80,53480,66315,121
83,36881,00015,589
86,22981,70416,066
89,19382,36616,549
92,20982,67417,044
95,23282,92317,535
98,32083,11018,021
101,49983,17818,518
104,76783,21319,016
108,17183,81119,512

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.

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