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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date São Tomé & PríncipeBangladeshGermany
138132,90781,439
141135,20781,474
144137,42081,534
147139,57381,595
151141,65081,566
154143,64481,473
158145,54681,354
161147,37681,190
165149,04781,009
168150,56280,781
172152,18980,500
176153,92780,301
180155,63480,292
183157,32680,443
187158,99980,663
190160,65081,000
194162,27381,704
198163,93882,366
201165,65582,674
204167,35882,923
208169,04583,110
212170,70983,178
216172,35483,213
220174,21783,811

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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; the database as a whole is cited above.