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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 YemenCongo - KinshasaGermany
16,72851,18181,439
17,23652,78281,474
17,76254,45381,534
18,31056,17081,595
18,85557,86081,566
19,41059,59981,473
20,00061,47481,354
20,61163,47981,190
21,23665,59081,009
21,87867,80080,781
22,53370,11480,500
23,19572,55080,301
23,88075,13880,292
24,59477,79280,443
25,31180,53480,663
26,02083,36881,000
26,69886,22981,704
27,34789,19382,366
27,98592,20982,674
28,60895,23282,923
29,21698,32083,110
29,811101,49983,178
30,399104,76783,213
31,058108,17183,811

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