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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 GermanyCroatiaSão Tomé & Príncipe
81,4394,377138
81,4744,334141
81,5344,171144
81,5954,176147
81,5664,176151
81,4734,179154
81,3544,182158
81,1904,183161
81,0094,183165
80,7814,181168
80,5004,177172
80,3014,167176
80,2924,154180
80,4434,141183
80,6634,126187
81,0004,109190
81,7044,081194
82,3664,047198
82,6744,006201
82,9233,968204
83,1103,945208
83,1783,925212
83,2133,839216
83,8113,790220

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.

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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