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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Rwanda	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,808	81,439	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,868	81,474	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,981	81,534	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	8,144	81,595	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	8,288	81,566	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	8,468	81,473	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	8,645	81,354	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	8,834	81,190	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	9,060	81,009	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	9,290	80,781	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	9,489	80,500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	9,702	80,301	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	9,973	80,292	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	10,271	80,443	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,590	80,663	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,900	81,000	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	11,122	81,704	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	11,344	82,366	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	11,634	82,674	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	11,913	82,923	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	12,181	83,110	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	12,426	83,178	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	12,655	83,213	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	12,951	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 Rwanda, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.