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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	108,171	7,666

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