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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 & PríncipePhilippinesThailand
13879,34659,748
14181,13160,165
14483,02360,746
14784,87661,323
15186,69761,884
15488,56862,425
15890,41862,956
16192,25363,467
16594,09863,937
16895,92364,381
17297,62764,804
17699,31765,208
180100,99965,599
183102,61865,970
187104,29966,332
190106,07666,673
194107,86866,975
198109,49367,250
201111,09467,506
204112,84367,750
208114,63667,975
212117,02668,180
216119,47368,366
220121,23468,457

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

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.