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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Madagascar	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	15,259	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	15,707	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	16,162	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	16,631	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	17,114	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	17,610	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	18,120	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	18,641	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	19,173	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	19,717	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,272	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,837	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	21,413	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	21,999	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	22,593	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	23,196	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	23,806	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	24,423	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	25,044	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	25,671	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	26,302	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	26,936	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	27,573	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	28,237	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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.