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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 - KinshasaCentral African Republic
81,43951,1813,889
81,47452,7823,980
81,53454,4534,054
81,59556,1704,128
81,56657,8604,215
81,47359,5994,289
81,35461,4744,363
81,19063,4794,449
81,00965,5904,544
80,78167,8004,641
80,50070,1144,742
80,30172,5504,845
80,29275,1384,950
80,44377,7925,057
80,66380,5345,167
81,00083,3685,278
81,70486,2295,392
82,36689,1935,507
82,67492,2095,625
82,92395,2325,745
83,11098,3205,874
83,178101,4996,025
83,213104,7676,154
83,811108,1716,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.