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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	5,366	138
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	5,473	141
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	5,579	144
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	5,683	147
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	5,786	151
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	5,886	154
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	5,984	158
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	6,080	161
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	6,173	165
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	6,264	168
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	6,352	172
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	6,438	176
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	6,522	180
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	6,605	183
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	6,688	187
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	6,769	190
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	6,850	194
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	6,930	198
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	7,012	201
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	7,095	204
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	7,179	208
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	7,263	212
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	7,348	216
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	7,432	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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.