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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 & PríncipeQatarGermany
13862781,439
14165981,474
14469181,534
14772481,595
15175781,566
15485081,473
1581,00181,354
1611,15381,190
1651,30681,009
1681,46080,781
1721,61580,500
1761,77080,301
1801,90480,292
1832,01080,443
1872,10380,663
1902,18781,000
1942,26181,704
1982,32682,366
2012,38482,674
2042,43582,923
2082,48083,110
2122,51983,178
2162,55383,213
2202,55983,811

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