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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	Bolivia	Oman	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	2,348	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	2,403	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	2,457	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	2,510	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	2,562	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	2,613	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	2,663	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	2,713	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	2,764	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	2,816	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	2,871	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	2,928	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	2,986	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	3,047	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	3,110	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	3,174	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	3,240	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	3,307	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	3,375	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	3,444	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	3,512	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	3,582	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	3,651	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	3,696	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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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