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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 - KinshasaMauritania
81,43951,1812,437
81,47452,7822,501
81,53454,4532,566
81,59556,1702,632
81,56657,8602,699
81,47359,5992,768
81,35461,4742,838
81,19063,4792,909
81,00965,5902,981
80,78167,8003,055
80,50070,1143,129
80,30172,5503,205
80,29275,1383,282
80,44377,7923,359
80,66380,5343,438
81,00083,3683,517
81,70486,2293,597
82,36689,1933,677
82,67492,2093,759
82,92395,2323,840
83,11098,3203,942
83,178101,4994,045
83,213104,7674,150
83,811108,1714,259

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