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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	59,748	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	60,165	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	60,746	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	61,323	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	61,884	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	62,425	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	62,956	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	63,467	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	63,937	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	64,381	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	64,804	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	65,208	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	65,599	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	65,970	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	66,332	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	66,673	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	66,975	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	67,250	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	67,506	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	67,750	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	67,975	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	68,180	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	68,366	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	68,457	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.