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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Chile	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	15,140	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	15,340	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	15,513	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	15,686	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	15,859	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	16,029	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	16,222	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	16,364	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	16,536	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	16,700	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	16,864	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	16,999	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	17,189	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	17,378	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	17,545	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	17,720	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	17,904	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	18,099	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	18,350	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	18,681	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	19,035	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	19,385	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	19,604	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	19,715	108,171

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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