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

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.