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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 - KinshasaCameroon
81,43951,18115,483
81,47452,78215,913
81,53454,45316,354
81,59556,17016,815
81,56657,86017,289
81,47359,59917,764
81,35461,47418,249
81,19063,47918,746
81,00965,59019,278
80,78167,80019,843
80,50070,11420,419
80,30172,55021,002
80,29275,13821,586
80,44377,79222,181
80,66380,53422,800
81,00083,36823,513
81,70486,22924,273
82,36689,19324,995
82,67492,20925,680
82,92395,23226,373
83,11098,32027,114
83,178101,49927,878
83,213104,76728,663
83,811108,17129,417

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