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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	108,171	63,382

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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