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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	59,748	138	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	60,165	141	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	60,746	144	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	61,323	147	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	61,884	151	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	62,425	154	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	62,956	158	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	63,467	161	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	63,937	165	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	64,381	168	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	64,804	172	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	65,208	176	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	65,599	180	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	65,970	183	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	66,332	187	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	66,673	190	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	66,975	194	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	67,250	198	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	67,506	201	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	67,750	204	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	67,975	208	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	68,180	212	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	68,366	216	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	68,457	220	7,666

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