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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Brazzaville	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	2,886	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	2,999	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,113	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,181	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,274	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,400	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,543	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,702	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,859	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,989	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	4,146	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	4,324	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	4,468	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	4,581	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	4,667	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	4,757	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	4,851	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	4,951	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	5,055	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	5,164	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	5,279	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	5,400	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	5,527	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	5,655	46,498

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 - Brazzaville, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.