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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Thailand	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	138	59,748	387
Dec 31, 2000	141	60,165	390
Dec 31, 2001	144	60,746	393
Dec 31, 2002	147	61,323	396
Dec 31, 2003	151	61,884	398
Dec 31, 2004	154	62,425	401
Dec 31, 2005	158	62,956	404
Dec 31, 2006	161	63,467	405
Dec 31, 2007	165	63,937	406
Dec 31, 2008	168	64,381	409
Dec 31, 2009	172	64,804	412
Dec 31, 2010	176	65,208	414
Dec 31, 2011	180	65,599	416
Dec 31, 2012	183	65,970	420
Dec 31, 2013	187	66,332	426
Dec 31, 2014	190	66,673	435
Dec 31, 2015	194	66,975	445
Dec 31, 2016	198	67,250	455
Dec 31, 2017	201	67,506	468
Dec 31, 2018	204	67,750	485
Dec 31, 2019	208	67,975	504
Dec 31, 2020	212	68,180	516
Dec 31, 2021	216	68,366	518
Dec 31, 2022	220	68,457	530

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.