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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 São Tomé & PríncipeCongo - KinshasaGermany
13851,18181,439
14152,78281,474
14454,45381,534
14756,17081,595
15157,86081,566
15459,59981,473
15861,47481,354
16163,47981,190
16565,59081,009
16867,80080,781
17270,11480,500
17672,55080,301
18075,13880,292
18377,79280,443
18780,53480,663
19083,36881,000
19486,22981,704
19889,19382,366
20192,20982,674
20495,23282,923
20898,32083,110
212101,49983,178
216104,76783,213
220108,17183,811

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.