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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 - KinshasaFinland
81,43951,1815,166
81,47452,7825,176
81,53454,4535,188
81,59556,1705,201
81,56657,8605,213
81,47359,5995,228
81,35461,4745,246
81,19063,4795,266
81,00965,5905,289
80,78167,8005,313
80,50070,1145,339
80,30172,5505,363
80,29275,1385,388
80,44377,7925,414
80,66380,5345,439
81,00083,3685,463
81,70486,2295,481
82,36689,1935,495
82,67492,2095,508
82,92395,2325,516
83,11098,3205,522
83,178101,4995,531
83,213104,7675,542
83,811108,1715,556

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.

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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