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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 OmanGermanyCongo - Kinshasa
2,34881,43951,181
2,40381,47452,782
2,45781,53454,453
2,51081,59556,170
2,56281,56657,860
2,61381,47359,599
2,66381,35461,474
2,71381,19063,479
2,76481,00965,590
2,81680,78167,800
2,87180,50070,114
2,92880,30172,550
2,98680,29275,138
3,04780,44377,792
3,11080,66380,534
3,17481,00083,368
3,24081,70486,229
3,30782,36689,193
3,37582,67492,209
3,44482,92395,232
3,51283,11098,320
3,58283,178101,499
3,65183,213104,767
3,69683,811108,171

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