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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Finland	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	5,166	138
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	5,176	141
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	5,188	144
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	5,201	147
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	5,213	151
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	5,228	154
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	5,246	158
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	5,266	161
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	5,289	165
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	5,313	168
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	5,339	172
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	5,363	176
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	5,388	180
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	5,414	183
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	5,439	187
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	5,463	190
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	5,481	194
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	5,495	198
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	5,508	201
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	5,516	204
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	5,522	208
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	5,531	212
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	5,542	216
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	5,556	220

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.