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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 GermanyEswatiniCongo - Brazzaville
81,4391,0332,886
81,4741,0322,999
81,5341,0303,113
81,5951,0283,181
81,5661,0263,274
81,4731,0253,400
81,3541,0233,543
81,1901,0213,702
81,0091,0193,859
80,7811,0173,989
80,5001,0174,146
80,3011,0194,324
80,2921,0244,468
80,4431,0324,581
80,6631,0414,667
81,0001,0514,757
81,7041,0604,851
82,3661,0694,951
82,6741,0785,055
82,9231,0875,164
83,1101,0965,279
83,1781,1065,400
83,2131,1175,527
83,8111,1265,655

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