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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	Bangladesh	Thailand	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	59,748	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	60,165	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	60,746	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	61,323	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	61,884	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	62,425	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	62,956	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	63,467	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	63,937	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	64,381	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	64,804	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	65,208	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	65,599	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	65,970	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	66,332	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	66,673	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	66,975	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	67,250	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	67,506	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	67,750	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	67,975	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	68,180	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	68,366	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	68,457	167

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.