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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	108,171	19,715

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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