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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 GermanyUgandaCongo - Kinshasa
81,43923,40851,181
81,47424,19552,782
81,53424,99254,453
81,59525,84656,170
81,56626,66157,860
81,47327,41459,599
81,35428,20061,474
81,19029,02163,479
81,00929,84665,590
80,78130,64767,800
80,50031,46970,114
80,30132,34372,550
80,29233,25775,138
80,44334,23477,792
80,66335,27180,534
81,00036,41983,368
81,70437,67386,229
82,36639,15789,193
82,67440,87992,209
82,92342,32995,232
83,11043,63998,320
83,17845,120101,499
83,21346,645104,767
83,81148,065108,171

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.

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: 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.