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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 GermanyCongo - KinshasaBarbados
81,43951,181273
81,47452,782274
81,53454,453275
81,59556,170276
81,56657,860278
81,47359,599279
81,35461,474280
81,19063,479281
81,00965,590282
80,78167,800283
80,50070,114285
80,30172,550286
80,29275,138287
80,44377,792288
80,66380,534289
81,00083,368290
81,70486,229291
82,36689,193291
82,67492,209292
82,92395,232293
83,11098,320294
83,178101,499294
83,213104,767295
83,811108,171295

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, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.