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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 ChileCongo - KinshasaGermany
15,14051,18181,439
15,34052,78281,474
15,51354,45381,534
15,68656,17081,595
15,85957,86081,566
16,02959,59981,473
16,22261,47481,354
16,36463,47981,190
16,53665,59081,009
16,70067,80080,781
16,86470,11480,500
16,99972,55080,301
17,18975,13880,292
17,37877,79280,443
17,54580,53480,663
17,72083,36881,000
17,90486,22981,704
18,09989,19382,366
18,35092,20982,674
18,68195,23282,923
19,03598,32083,110
19,385101,49983,178
19,604104,76783,213
19,715108,17183,811

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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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.