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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Ghana	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	19,327	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	19,792	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	20,280	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	20,806	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	21,350	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	21,900	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	22,469	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	23,058	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	23,661	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	24,270	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	24,899	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	25,559	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	26,244	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	26,945	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	27,664	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	28,405	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	29,146	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	29,879	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	30,617	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	31,362	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	32,111	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	32,864	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	33,622	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	34,280	83,811

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

Ghana

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

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; the database as a whole is cited above.