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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	59,748	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	60,165	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	60,746	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	61,323	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	61,884	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	62,425	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	62,956	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	63,467	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	63,937	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	64,381	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	64,804	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	65,208	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	65,599	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	65,970	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	66,332	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	66,673	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	66,975	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	67,250	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	67,506	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	67,750	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	67,975	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	68,180	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	68,366	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	68,457	651

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