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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,696	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.

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