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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,787	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 Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.