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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Thailand	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	59,748	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	60,165	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	60,746	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	61,323	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	61,884	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	62,425	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	62,956	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	63,467	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	63,937	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	64,381	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	64,804	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	65,208	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	65,599	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	65,970	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	66,332	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	66,673	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	66,975	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	67,250	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	67,506	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	67,750	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	67,975	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	68,180	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	68,366	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	68,457	885

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.