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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 - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	2,348	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	2,403	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	2,457	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	2,510	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	2,562	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	2,613	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	2,663	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	2,713	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	2,764	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	2,816	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	2,871	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	2,928	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	2,986	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,047	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,110	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,174	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,240	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,307	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,375	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,444	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,512	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,582	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,651	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,696	5,655

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 - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.