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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 Dominican RepublicCongo - KinshasaGermany
8,17551,18181,439
8,30152,78281,474
8,42754,45381,534
8,55356,17081,595
8,67857,86081,566
8,80159,59981,473
8,92461,47481,354
9,04463,47981,190
9,16465,59081,009
9,28167,80080,781
9,39870,11480,500
9,51272,55080,301
9,62775,13880,292
9,74277,79280,443
9,85580,53480,663
9,96583,36881,000
10,07286,22981,704
10,17789,19382,366
10,28192,20982,674
10,38595,23282,923
10,48798,32083,110
10,587101,49983,178
10,686104,76783,213
10,793108,17183,811

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