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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 RepublicGermanyCongo - Kinshasa
8,17581,43951,181
8,30181,47452,782
8,42781,53454,453
8,55381,59556,170
8,67881,56657,860
8,80181,47359,599
8,92481,35461,474
9,04481,19063,479
9,16481,00965,590
9,28180,78167,800
9,39880,50070,114
9,51280,30172,550
9,62780,29275,138
9,74280,44377,792
9,85580,66380,534
9,96581,00083,368
10,07281,70486,229
10,17782,36689,193
10,28182,67492,209
10,38582,92395,232
10,48783,11098,320
10,58783,178101,499
10,68683,213104,767
10,79383,811108,171

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