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