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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	108,171	2,787

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