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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	São Tomé & Príncipe	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	138	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	141	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	144	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	147	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	151	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	154	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	158	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	161	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	165	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	168	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	172	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	176	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	180	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	183	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	187	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	190	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	194	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	198	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	201	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	204	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	208	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	212	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	216	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	220	3,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.