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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 MadagascarCongo - KinshasaGermany
15,25951,18181,439
15,70752,78281,474
16,16254,45381,534
16,63156,17081,595
17,11457,86081,566
17,61059,59981,473
18,12061,47481,354
18,64163,47981,190
19,17365,59081,009
19,71767,80080,781
20,27270,11480,500
20,83772,55080,301
21,41375,13880,292
21,99977,79280,443
22,59380,53480,663
23,19683,36881,000
23,80686,22981,704
24,42389,19382,366
25,04492,20982,674
25,67195,23282,923
26,30298,32083,110
26,936101,49983,178
27,573104,76783,213
28,237108,17183,811

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