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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 - KinshasaMadagascar
81,43951,18115,259
81,47452,78215,707
81,53454,45316,162
81,59556,17016,631
81,56657,86017,114
81,47359,59917,610
81,35461,47418,120
81,19063,47918,641
81,00965,59019,173
80,78167,80019,717
80,50070,11420,272
80,30172,55020,837
80,29275,13821,413
80,44377,79221,999
80,66380,53422,593
81,00083,36823,196
81,70486,22923,806
82,36689,19324,423
82,67492,20925,044
82,92395,23225,671
83,11098,32026,302
83,178101,49926,936
83,213104,76727,573
83,811108,17128,237

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