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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Lesotho	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	1,908	138
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	1,916	141
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	1,922	144
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	1,926	147
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	1,926	151
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	1,925	154
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	1,922	158
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	1,919	161
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	1,917	165
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	1,915	168
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	1,916	172
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	1,920	176
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	1,925	180
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	1,930	183
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	1,936	187
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	1,942	190
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	1,948	194
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	1,953	198
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	1,958	201
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	1,962	204
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	1,987	208
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	2,013	212
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	2,037	216
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	2,059	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.

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