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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	51,181	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	52,782	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	54,453	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	56,170	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	57,860	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	59,599	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	61,474	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	63,479	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	65,590	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	67,800	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	70,114	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	72,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	75,138	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	77,792	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	80,534	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	83,368	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	86,229	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	89,193	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	92,209	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	95,232	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	98,320	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	101,499	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	104,767	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	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

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