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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	51,181	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	52,782	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	54,453	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	56,170	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	57,860	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	59,599	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	61,474	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	63,479	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	65,590	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	67,800	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	70,114	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	72,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	75,138	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	77,792	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	80,534	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	83,368	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	86,229	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	89,193	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	92,209	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	95,232	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	98,320	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	101,499	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	104,767	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.