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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 GermanyGeorgiaCongo - Kinshasa
81,4394,84851,181
81,4744,81452,782
81,5344,78954,453
81,5954,77156,170
81,5664,74657,860
81,4734,73959,599
81,3544,78661,474
81,1904,82663,479
81,0094,82065,590
80,7814,81967,800
80,5004,85170,114
80,3014,89872,550
80,2924,93475,138
80,4434,94677,792
80,6634,93880,534
81,0004,93183,368
81,7044,92786,229
82,3664,92489,193
82,6744,92292,209
82,9234,92295,232
83,1104,92398,320
83,1784,926101,499
83,2134,929104,767
83,8114,911108,171

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.

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