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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	Afghanistan	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	68,457	295

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.

All data sources

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 Afghanistan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.