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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 MauritaniaCongo - KinshasaGermany
2,43751,18181,439
2,50152,78281,474
2,56654,45381,534
2,63256,17081,595
2,69957,86081,566
2,76859,59981,473
2,83861,47481,354
2,90963,47981,190
2,98165,59081,009
3,05567,80080,781
3,12970,11480,500
3,20572,55080,301
3,28275,13880,292
3,35977,79280,443
3,43880,53480,663
3,51783,36881,000
3,59786,22981,704
3,67789,19382,366
3,75992,20982,674
3,84095,23282,923
3,94298,32083,110
4,045101,49983,178
4,150104,76783,213
4,259108,17183,811

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