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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	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

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