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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	Thailand	Denmark	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	5,322	138
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	5,339	141
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	5,358	144
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	5,377	147
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	5,391	151
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	5,404	154
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	5,420	158
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	5,438	161
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	5,461	165
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	5,494	168
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	5,524	172
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	5,548	176
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	5,571	180
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	5,592	183
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	5,614	187
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	5,644	190
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	5,683	194
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	5,730	198
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	5,766	201
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	5,795	204
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	5,818	208
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	5,831	212
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	5,855	216
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	5,907	220

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