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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	108,171	28,418

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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.