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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyGuineaCongo - Kinshasa
81,4397,61051,181
81,4747,78052,782
81,5347,82154,453
81,5957,90656,170
81,5668,12157,860
81,4738,31759,599
81,3548,47861,474
81,1908,65063,479
81,0098,86065,590
80,7819,09167,800
80,5009,32770,114
80,3019,57172,550
80,2929,82575,138
80,44310,08477,792
80,66310,35180,534
81,00010,63283,368
81,70410,92486,229
82,36611,22589,193
82,67411,53492,209
82,92311,85595,232
83,11012,16098,320
83,17812,469101,499
83,21312,778104,767
83,81113,087108,171

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 Guinea, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.