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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	51,181	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	52,782	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	54,453	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	56,170	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	57,860	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	59,599	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	61,474	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	63,479	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	65,590	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	67,800	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	70,114	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	72,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	75,138	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	77,792	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	80,534	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	83,368	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	86,229	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	89,193	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	92,209	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	95,232	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	98,320	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	101,499	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	104,767	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	108,171	83,811

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

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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.