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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	138	81,439	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	141	81,474	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	144	81,534	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	147	81,595	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	151	81,566	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	154	81,473	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	158	81,354	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	161	81,190	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	165	81,009	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	168	80,781	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	172	80,500	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	176	80,301	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	180	80,292	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	183	80,443	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,663	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	190	81,000	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	194	81,704	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	198	82,366	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	201	82,674	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	204	82,923	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	208	83,110	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	212	83,178	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	216	83,213	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	220	83,811	31,058

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