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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	Estonia	São Tomé & Príncipe	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	138	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	141	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	144	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	147	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	151	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	154	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	158	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	161	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	165	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	168	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	172	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	176	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	180	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	183	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	187	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	190	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	194	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	198	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	201	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	204	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	208	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	212	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	216	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	220	83,811

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