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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 & PríncipeGermanyCongo - Kinshasa
13881,43951,181
14181,47452,782
14481,53454,453
14781,59556,170
15181,56657,860
15481,47359,599
15881,35461,474
16181,19063,479
16581,00965,590
16880,78167,800
17280,50070,114
17680,30172,550
18080,29275,138
18380,44377,792
18780,66380,534
19081,00083,368
19481,70486,229
19882,36689,193
20182,67492,209
20482,92395,232
20883,11098,320
21283,178101,499
21683,213104,767
22083,811108,171

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.