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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	81,439	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	81,474	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	81,534	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	81,595	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	81,566	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	81,473	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	81,354	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	81,190	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	81,009	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	80,781	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	80,500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	80,301	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	80,292	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	80,443	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	80,663	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	81,000	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	81,704	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	82,366	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	82,674	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	82,923	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	83,110	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	83,178	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	83,213	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	83,811	108,171

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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