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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 GermanyAzerbaijanCongo - Kinshasa
81,4398,05651,181
81,4748,12752,782
81,5348,19454,453
81,5958,25756,170
81,5668,31957,860
81,4738,39159,599
81,3548,47561,474
81,1908,56563,479
81,0098,65765,590
80,7818,75067,800
80,5008,84270,114
80,3018,93372,550
80,2929,02575,138
80,4439,11777,792
80,6639,21080,534
81,0009,30283,368
81,7049,39386,229
82,3669,48189,193
82,6749,56792,209
82,9239,64995,232
83,1109,72798,320
83,1789,802101,499
83,2139,874104,767
83,8119,918108,171

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 Azerbaijan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.