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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	2,348	51,181	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	2,403	52,782	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	2,457	54,453	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	2,510	56,170	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	2,562	57,860	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	2,613	59,599	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	2,663	61,474	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	2,713	63,479	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	2,764	65,590	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	2,816	67,800	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	2,871	70,114	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	2,928	72,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	2,986	75,138	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	3,047	77,792	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	3,110	80,534	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	3,174	83,368	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	3,240	86,229	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	3,307	89,193	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	3,375	92,209	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	3,444	95,232	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	3,512	98,320	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	3,582	101,499	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	3,651	104,767	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	3,696	108,171	83,811

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