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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	138	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	141	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	144	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	147	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	151	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	154	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	158	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	161	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	165	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	168	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	172	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	176	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	180	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	183	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	187	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	190	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	194	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	198	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	201	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	204	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	208	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	212	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	220	68,457

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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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