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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Germany	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	138	81,439	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	141	81,474	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	144	81,534	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	147	81,595	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	151	81,566	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	154	81,473	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	158	81,354	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	161	81,190	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	165	81,009	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	168	80,781	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	172	80,500	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	176	80,301	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	180	80,292	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	183	80,443	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,663	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	190	81,000	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	194	81,704	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	198	82,366	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	201	82,674	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	204	82,923	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	208	83,110	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	212	83,178	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	216	83,213	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	220	83,811	3,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.