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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Nigeria	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	121,649	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	125,014	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	128,513	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	132,165	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	135,971	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	139,900	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	143,914	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	148,019	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	152,195	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	156,434	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	160,751	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	165,142	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	169,607	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	174,142	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	178,737	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	183,362	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	187,979	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	192,594	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	197,417	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	202,498	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	207,699	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	213,021	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	218,473	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	223,735	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.

Nigeria

1885-1950: 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.