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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	Vietnam	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	78,394	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	79,472	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	80,546	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	81,637	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	82,720	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	83,821	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	84,942	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	86,036	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	87,136	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	88,253	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	89,373	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	90,481	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	91,591	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	92,720	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	93,883	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	95,055	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	96,222	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	97,380	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	98,507	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	99,604	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	100,695	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	101,771	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	102,815	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	103,574	7,432

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, Vietnam, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.