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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 - KinshasaEthiopiaGermany
51,18163,57581,439
52,78265,21381,474
54,45366,88981,534
56,17068,64981,595
57,86070,49181,566
59,59972,38981,473
61,47474,32781,354
63,47976,32681,190
65,59078,41181,009
67,80080,56480,781
70,11482,78780,500
72,55085,09680,301
75,13887,53080,292
77,79290,06680,443
80,53492,63280,663
83,36895,33781,000
86,22998,11481,704
89,193100,85882,366
92,209103,65482,674
95,232106,46682,923
98,320109,26783,110
101,499112,10083,178
104,767114,96483,213
108,171117,92483,811

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