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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyChadCongo - Kinshasa
81,4397,55951,181
81,4747,82152,782
81,5348,09254,453
81,5958,39556,170
81,5668,76357,860
81,4739,19159,599
81,3549,59461,474
81,1909,96763,479
81,00910,33865,590
80,78110,72867,800
80,50011,13970,114
80,30111,55072,550
80,29211,98375,138
80,44312,42777,792
80,66312,89580,534
81,00013,37983,368
81,70413,82386,229
82,36614,27789,193
82,67414,76592,209
82,92315,25295,232
83,11015,75098,320
83,17816,257101,499
83,21316,776104,767
83,81117,307108,171

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