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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 GermanyMoroccoCongo - Kinshasa
81,43928,40051,181
81,47428,74452,782
81,53429,09454,453
81,59529,44756,170
81,56629,80657,860
81,47330,16959,599
81,35430,55261,474
81,19030,95363,479
81,00931,35465,590
80,78131,75467,800
80,50032,15470,114
80,30132,55372,550
80,29232,95175,138
80,44333,34677,792
80,66333,73780,534
81,00034,12483,368
81,70434,51186,229
82,36634,89889,193
82,67435,27992,209
82,92335,65395,232
83,11036,01898,320
83,17836,375101,499
83,21336,723104,767
83,81137,101108,171

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