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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 GermanySão Tomé & PríncipeBurkina Faso
81,43913811,075
81,47414111,405
81,53414411,828
81,59514712,380
81,56615112,829
81,47315413,178
81,35415813,540
81,19016113,917
81,00916514,309
80,78116814,722
80,50017215,152
80,30117615,600
80,29218016,064
80,44318316,563
80,66318717,072
81,00019017,575
81,70419418,094
82,36619818,621
82,67420119,157
82,92320419,698
83,11020820,242
83,17821220,788
83,21321621,336
83,81122021,889

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.