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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	Qatar	São Tomé & Príncipe	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	627	138	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	659	141	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	691	144	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	724	147	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	757	151	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	850	154	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	158	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	161	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	165	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	168	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	172	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	176	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	180	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	183	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	187	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	190	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	194	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	198	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	201	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	204	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	208	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	212	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	216	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	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.

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

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 Qatar, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.