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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 IsraelCongo - KinshasaGermany
5,92751,18181,439
6,08852,78281,474
6,23654,45381,534
6,36656,17081,595
6,48457,86081,566
6,60359,59981,473
6,72361,47481,354
6,84663,47981,190
6,97265,59081,009
7,10067,80080,781
7,22670,11480,500
7,36072,55080,301
7,49875,13880,292
7,63777,79280,443
7,78180,53480,663
7,93183,36881,000
8,09186,22981,704
8,25189,19382,366
8,41292,20982,674
8,57695,23282,923
8,74298,32083,110
8,899101,49983,178
9,047104,76783,213
9,188108,17183,811

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

Israel

  • 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

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.