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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	Thailand	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	627	59,748	138
Dec 31, 2000	659	60,165	141
Dec 31, 2001	691	60,746	144
Dec 31, 2002	724	61,323	147
Dec 31, 2003	757	61,884	151
Dec 31, 2004	850	62,425	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	62,956	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,467	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	63,937	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	64,381	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	64,804	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	65,208	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	65,599	180
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	65,970	183
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	66,332	187
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	66,673	190
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	66,975	194
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	67,250	198
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	67,506	201
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	67,750	204
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	67,975	208
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	68,180	212
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	68,366	216
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	68,457	220

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.