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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 GermanyCroatiaCongo - Kinshasa
81,4394,37751,181
81,4744,33452,782
81,5344,17154,453
81,5954,17656,170
81,5664,17657,860
81,4734,17959,599
81,3544,18261,474
81,1904,18363,479
81,0094,18365,590
80,7814,18167,800
80,5004,17770,114
80,3014,16772,550
80,2924,15475,138
80,4434,14177,792
80,6634,12680,534
81,0004,10983,368
81,7044,08186,229
82,3664,04789,193
82,6744,00692,209
82,9233,96895,232
83,1103,94598,320
83,1783,925101,499
83,2133,839104,767
83,8113,790108,171

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.

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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