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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	Belarus	Burkina Faso	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,064	11,075	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,034	11,405	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,000	11,828	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	9,955	12,380	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	9,905	12,829	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,856	13,178	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,807	13,540	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,764	13,917	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,734	14,309	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,713	14,722	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,697	15,152	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,681	15,600	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,662	16,064	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,643	16,563	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,624	17,072	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,605	17,575	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,585	18,094	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,564	18,621	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,542	19,157	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,519	19,698	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,495	20,242	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,469	20,788	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,442	21,336	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,400	21,889	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

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