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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 Dominican RepublicSão Tomé & PríncipeGermany
8,17513881,439
8,30114181,474
8,42714481,534
8,55314781,595
8,67815181,566
8,80115481,473
8,92415881,354
9,04416181,190
9,16416581,009
9,28116880,781
9,39817280,500
9,51217680,301
9,62718080,292
9,74218380,443
9,85518780,663
9,96519081,000
10,07219481,704
10,17719882,366
10,28120182,674
10,38520482,923
10,48720883,110
10,58721283,178
10,68621683,213
10,79322083,811

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 Dominican Republic, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.