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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Lesotho	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	81,439	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	81,474	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	81,534	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	81,595	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	81,566	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	81,473	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	81,354	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	81,190	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	81,009	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	80,781	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	80,500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	80,301	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	80,292	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	80,443	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,663	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	81,000	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	81,704	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	82,366	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	82,674	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	82,923	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	83,110	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	83,178	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	83,213	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	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

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