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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 TurkmenistanGermanyCongo - Kinshasa
4,32481,43951,181
4,38581,47452,782
4,44481,53454,453
4,50281,59556,170
4,55681,56657,860
4,60881,47359,599
4,66481,35461,474
4,71981,19063,479
4,77381,00965,590
4,82880,78167,800
4,88480,50070,114
4,94080,30172,550
4,99680,29275,138
5,05380,44377,792
5,11080,66380,534
5,16981,00083,368
5,22781,70486,229
5,28782,36689,193
5,34682,67492,209
5,40582,92395,232
5,46483,11098,320
5,52283,178101,499
5,57983,213104,767
5,65783,811108,171

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