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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,101	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,284	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,458	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,613	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,754	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,882	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	4,000	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	4,532	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	5,623	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,277	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	8,164	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	8,152	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	8,438	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	8,747	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	9,077	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	9,321	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	9,461	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	9,587	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	9,699	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	9,796	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	9,879	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	9,953	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	10,018	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	10,099	108,171

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 United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.