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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	India	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,000,965	81,439	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,018,667	81,474	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,036,256	81,534	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,053,663	81,595	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,070,882	81,566	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,087,941	81,473	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,104,803	81,354	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,121,354	81,190	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,137,576	81,009	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,153,547	80,781	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,169,239	80,500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,184,638	80,301	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,199,810	80,292	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,214,839	80,443	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,229,765	80,663	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,244,577	81,000	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,259,236	81,704	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,273,693	82,366	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,287,902	82,674	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,301,821	82,923	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,315,530	83,110	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	1,329,062	83,178	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	1,339,912	83,213	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	1,349,060	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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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.