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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 MoroccoCongo - KinshasaGermany
28,40051,18181,439
28,74452,78281,474
29,09454,45381,534
29,44756,17081,595
29,80657,86081,566
30,16959,59981,473
30,55261,47481,354
30,95363,47981,190
31,35465,59081,009
31,75467,80080,781
32,15470,11480,500
32,55372,55080,301
32,95175,13880,292
33,34677,79280,443
33,73780,53480,663
34,12483,36881,000
34,51186,22981,704
34,89889,19382,366
35,27992,20982,674
35,65395,23282,923
36,01898,32083,110
36,375101,49983,178
36,723104,76783,213
37,101108,17183,811

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

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