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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	Senegal	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	10,070	138
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	10,305	141
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	10,576	144
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	10,864	147
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	11,172	151
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	11,498	154
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	11,839	158
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	12,204	161
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	12,584	165
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	12,978	168
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	13,382	172
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	13,794	176
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	14,226	180
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	14,668	183
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	15,121	187
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	15,589	190
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	16,066	194
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	16,549	198
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	17,044	201
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	17,535	204
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	18,021	208
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	18,518	212
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	19,016	216
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	19,512	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 Senegal, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.