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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 LithuaniaGermanyCongo - Kinshasa
3,41981,43951,181
3,39581,47452,782
3,36781,53454,453
3,34081,59556,170
3,31381,56657,860
3,27681,47359,599
3,22381,35461,474
3,17281,19063,479
3,13481,00965,590
3,10280,78167,800
3,06880,50070,114
3,00480,30172,550
2,93780,29275,138
2,89880,44377,792
2,86980,66380,534
2,84481,00083,368
2,81881,70486,229
2,78282,36689,193
2,74482,67492,209
2,71882,92395,232
2,71083,11098,320
2,71183,178101,499
2,72483,213104,767
2,74883,811108,171

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