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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	United States	Germany	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	138	279,040	81,439	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	141	282,162	81,474	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	144	284,969	81,534	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	147	287,625	81,595	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	151	290,108	81,566	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	154	292,805	81,473	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	158	295,517	81,354	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	161	298,380	81,190	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	165	301,231	81,009	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	168	304,094	80,781	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	172	306,772	80,500	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	176	309,327	80,301	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	180	311,583	80,292	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	183	313,878	80,443	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	187	316,060	80,663	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	190	318,386	81,000	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	194	320,739	81,704	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	198	323,072	82,366	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	201	325,122	82,674	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	204	326,838	82,923	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	208	328,330	83,110	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	212	331,512	83,178	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	216	332,032	83,213	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	220	333,288	83,811	11,695

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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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.

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.