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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 & PríncipeDenmarkGermany
1385,32281,439
1415,33981,474
1445,35881,534
1475,37781,595
1515,39181,566
1545,40481,473
1585,42081,354
1615,43881,190
1655,46181,009
1685,49480,781
1725,52480,500
1765,54880,301
1805,57180,292
1835,59280,443
1875,61480,663
1905,64481,000
1945,68381,704
1985,73082,366
2015,76682,674
2045,79582,923
2085,81883,110
2125,83183,178
2165,85583,213
2205,90783,811

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