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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 - KinshasaDenmark
81,43951,1815,322
81,47452,7825,339
81,53454,4535,358
81,59556,1705,377
81,56657,8605,391
81,47359,5995,404
81,35461,4745,420
81,19063,4795,438
81,00965,5905,461
80,78167,8005,494
80,50070,1145,524
80,30172,5505,548
80,29275,1385,571
80,44377,7925,592
80,66380,5345,614
81,00083,3685,644
81,70486,2295,683
82,36689,1935,730
82,67492,2095,766
82,92395,2325,795
83,11098,3205,818
83,178101,4995,831
83,213104,7675,855
83,811108,1715,907

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