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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	108,171	2,748

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