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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	United States	Germany	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	81,439	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	81,474	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	81,534	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	81,595	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	81,566	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	81,473	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	81,354	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	81,190	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	81,009	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	80,781	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	80,500	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	80,301	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	80,292	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	80,443	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	80,663	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	81,000	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	81,704	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	82,366	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	82,674	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	82,923	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	83,110	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	83,178	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	83,213	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	83,811	1,330

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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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