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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Laos	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,286	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,397	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,499	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,578	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,654	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,746	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,836	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,931	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	165	6,035	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	168	6,145	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	172	6,257	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	176	6,368	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	180	6,477	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	183	6,586	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	187	6,695	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	190	6,804	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	194	6,912	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	198	7,019	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	201	7,127	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	204	7,234	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	208	7,343	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	212	7,452	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	216	7,560	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	220	7,666	83,811

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