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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 - KinshasaGermanyYemen
51,18181,43916,728
52,78281,47417,236
54,45381,53417,762
56,17081,59518,310
57,86081,56618,855
59,59981,47319,410
61,47481,35420,000
63,47981,19020,611
65,59081,00921,236
67,80080,78121,878
70,11480,50022,533
72,55080,30123,195
75,13880,29223,880
77,79280,44324,594
80,53480,66325,311
83,36881,00026,020
86,22981,70426,698
89,19382,36627,347
92,20982,67427,985
95,23282,92328,608
98,32083,11029,216
101,49983,17829,811
104,76783,21330,399
108,17183,81131,058

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