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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 - KinshasaDenmarkGermany
51,1815,32281,439
52,7825,33981,474
54,4535,35881,534
56,1705,37781,595
57,8605,39181,566
59,5995,40481,473
61,4745,42081,354
63,4795,43881,190
65,5905,46181,009
67,8005,49480,781
70,1145,52480,500
72,5505,54880,301
75,1385,57180,292
77,7925,59280,443
80,5345,61480,663
83,3685,64481,000
86,2295,68381,704
89,1935,73082,366
92,2095,76682,674
95,2325,79582,923
98,3205,81883,110
101,4995,83183,178
104,7675,85583,213
108,1715,90783,811

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