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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	108,171	2,059

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