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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Kenya	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	30,192	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	31,025	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	31,919	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	32,865	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	33,846	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	34,880	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	35,961	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	37,093	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	38,248	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	39,441	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	40,668	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	41,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	43,198	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	44,470	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	45,639	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	46,808	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	47,983	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	49,095	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	50,201	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	51,357	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	52,522	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	53,691	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	54,867	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	55,924	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.

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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