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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Portugal	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	10,144	138
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	10,215	141
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	10,288	144
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	10,344	147
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	10,383	151
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	10,408	154
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	10,427	158
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	10,446	161
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	10,467	165
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	10,482	168
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	10,492	172
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	10,497	176
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	10,481	180
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	10,439	183
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	10,382	187
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	10,326	190
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	10,283	194
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	10,251	198
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	10,226	201
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	10,209	204
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	10,212	208
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	10,223	212
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	10,214	216
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	10,200	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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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