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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 GermanyBurkina FasoSão Tomé & Príncipe
81,43911,075138
81,47411,405141
81,53411,828144
81,59512,380147
81,56612,829151
81,47313,178154
81,35413,540158
81,19013,917161
81,00914,309165
80,78114,722168
80,50015,152172
80,30115,600176
80,29216,064180
80,44316,563183
80,66317,072187
81,00017,575190
81,70418,094194
82,36618,621198
82,67419,157201
82,92319,698204
83,11020,242208
83,17820,788212
83,21321,336216
83,81121,889220

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 Burkina Faso, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.