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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Zambia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	10,327
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	10,649
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	10,980
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	11,290
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	11,593
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	11,907
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	12,243
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	12,612
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	13,005
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	13,412
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	13,822
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	14,255
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	14,709
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	15,165
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	15,631
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	16,121
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	16,624
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	17,140
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	17,674
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	18,222
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	18,780
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	19,349
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	19,928
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	20,485

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.

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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