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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	Burkina Faso	Thailand	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	59,748	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	60,165	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	60,746	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	61,323	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	61,884	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	62,425	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	62,956	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	63,467	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	63,937	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	64,381	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	64,804	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	65,208	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	65,599	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	65,970	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	66,332	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	66,673	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	66,975	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	67,250	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	67,506	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	67,750	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	67,975	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	68,180	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	68,366	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	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

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