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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 GermanyUzbekistanCongo - Kinshasa
81,43924,70151,181
81,47425,04252,782
81,53425,37254,453
81,59525,69656,170
81,56625,99257,860
81,47326,26859,599
81,35426,54061,474
81,19026,81263,479
81,00927,08165,590
80,78127,34767,800
80,50027,60970,114
80,30127,86972,550
80,29228,13275,138
80,44328,39877,792
80,66328,66680,534
81,00028,93483,368
81,70429,20586,229
82,36629,48089,193
82,67429,75692,209
82,92330,03195,232
83,11030,30598,320
83,17830,576101,499
83,21330,843104,767
83,81131,337108,171

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