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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 GermanyMauritiusCongo - Kinshasa
81,4391,17351,181
81,4741,18652,782
81,5341,19954,453
81,5951,21156,170
81,5661,22257,860
81,4731,23359,599
81,3541,24361,474
81,1901,25363,479
81,0091,26165,590
80,7811,26967,800
80,5001,27670,114
80,3011,28272,550
80,2921,28675,138
80,4431,28877,792
80,6631,29180,534
81,0001,29483,368
81,7041,29686,229
82,3661,29889,193
82,6741,30092,209
82,9231,30295,232
83,1101,30498,320
83,1781,305101,499
83,2131,307104,767
83,8111,307108,171

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