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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 - KinshasaGermanyTrinidad & TobagoMoldova
51,18181,4391,3014,244
52,78281,4741,3034,199
54,45381,5341,3084,154
56,17081,5951,3144,108
57,86081,5661,3204,059
59,59981,4731,3264,013
61,47481,3541,3323,966
63,47981,1901,3383,919
65,59081,0091,3443,873
67,80080,7811,3523,829
70,11480,5001,3593,788
72,55080,3011,3653,748
75,13880,2921,3723,709
77,79280,4431,3793,671
80,53480,6631,3863,633
83,36881,0001,3923,595
86,22981,7041,3993,558
89,19382,3661,4053,522
92,20982,6741,4113,485
95,23282,9231,4363,448
98,32083,1101,4523,412
101,49983,1781,4483,376
104,76783,2131,4503,339
108,17183,8111,4563,570

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, Trinidad & Tobago, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.