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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Namibia	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,841	81,439	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,893	81,474	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,945	81,534	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,981	81,595	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,008	81,566	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	2,034	81,473	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	2,060	81,354	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	2,086	81,190	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	2,113	81,009	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	2,141	80,781	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	2,170	80,500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	2,201	80,301	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	2,232	80,292	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,268	80,443	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,312	80,663	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,360	81,000	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,408	81,704	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,456	82,366	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,505	82,674	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,554	82,923	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,602	83,110	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,651	83,178	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,700	83,213	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,739	83,811	108,171

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