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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	132,907	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	135,207	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	137,420	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	139,573	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	141,650	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	143,644	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	145,546	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	147,376	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	149,047	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	150,562	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	152,189	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	153,927	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	155,634	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	157,326	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	158,999	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	160,650	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	162,273	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	163,938	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	165,655	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	167,358	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	169,045	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	170,709	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	172,354	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	174,217	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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.