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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 - KinshasaHonduras
81,43951,1816,198
81,47452,7826,367
81,53454,4536,535
81,59556,1706,698
81,56657,8606,863
81,47359,5997,028
81,35461,4747,194
81,19063,4797,359
81,00965,5907,522
80,78167,8007,682
80,50070,1147,839
80,30172,5507,991
80,29275,1388,141
80,44377,7928,288
80,66380,5348,429
81,00083,3688,546
81,70486,2298,661
82,36689,1938,770
82,67492,2098,878
82,92395,2329,002
83,11098,3209,154
83,178101,4999,304
83,213104,7679,448
83,811108,1719,590

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