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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 MadagascarGermanyCongo - Kinshasa
15,25981,43951,181
15,70781,47452,782
16,16281,53454,453
16,63181,59556,170
17,11481,56657,860
17,61081,47359,599
18,12081,35461,474
18,64181,19063,479
19,17381,00965,590
19,71780,78167,800
20,27280,50070,114
20,83780,30172,550
21,41380,29275,138
21,99980,44377,792
22,59380,66380,534
23,19681,00083,368
23,80681,70486,229
24,42382,36689,193
25,04482,67492,209
25,67182,92395,232
26,30283,11098,320
26,93683,178101,499
27,57383,213104,767
28,23783,811108,171

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