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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	108,171	23,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.