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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 & PríncipeLuxembourgThailand
13843359,748
14143860,165
14444360,746
14744861,323
15145461,884
15446062,425
15846762,956
16147463,467
16548263,937
16849164,381
17250064,804
17650965,208
18052165,599
18353365,970
18754766,332
19056066,673
19457166,975
19858667,250
20159967,506
20461067,750
20862367,975
21263368,180
21664368,366
22065168,457

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