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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominican Republic	Germany	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	81,439	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	81,474	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	81,534	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	81,595	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	81,566	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	81,473	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	81,354	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	81,190	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	81,009	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	80,781	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	80,500	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	80,301	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	80,292	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	80,443	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,663	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	81,000	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	81,704	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	82,366	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	82,674	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	82,923	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	83,110	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	83,178	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	83,213	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	83,811	5,655

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 - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.