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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 YemenGermanyCongo - Kinshasa
16,72881,43951,181
17,23681,47452,782
17,76281,53454,453
18,31081,59556,170
18,85581,56657,860
19,41081,47359,599
20,00081,35461,474
20,61181,19063,479
21,23681,00965,590
21,87880,78167,800
22,53380,50070,114
23,19580,30172,550
23,88080,29275,138
24,59480,44377,792
25,31180,66380,534
26,02081,00083,368
26,69881,70486,229
27,34782,36689,193
27,98582,67492,209
28,60882,92395,232
29,21683,11098,320
29,81183,178101,499
30,39983,213104,767
31,05883,811108,171

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