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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	108,171	34,280

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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