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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 - KinshasaEstonia
81,43951,1811,378
81,47452,7821,400
81,53454,4531,391
81,59556,1701,382
81,56657,8601,374
81,47359,5991,365
81,35461,4741,357
81,19063,4791,349
81,00965,5901,341
80,78167,8001,337
80,50070,1141,334
80,30172,5501,332
80,29275,1381,328
80,44377,7921,324
80,66380,5341,319
81,00083,3681,314
81,70486,2291,312
82,36689,1931,314
82,67492,2091,314
82,92395,2321,318
83,11098,3201,323
83,178101,4991,327
83,213104,7671,329
83,811108,1711,330

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