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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	Barbados	Albania	Iceland	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	277	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	281	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	285	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	288	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	289	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	293	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	296	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	304	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	311	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	319	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	319	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	318	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	319	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	321	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	324	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	327	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	331	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	335	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	343	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	353	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	361	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	366	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	372	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	380	68,457

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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