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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 & PríncipeCongo - Kinshasa
81,43913851,181
81,47414152,782
81,53414454,453
81,59514756,170
81,56615157,860
81,47315459,599
81,35415861,474
81,19016163,479
81,00916565,590
80,78116867,800
80,50017270,114
80,30117672,550
80,29218075,138
80,44318377,792
80,66318780,534
81,00019083,368
81,70419486,229
82,36619889,193
82,67420192,209
82,92320495,232
83,11020898,320
83,178212101,499
83,213216104,767
83,811220108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.