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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	Chile	Thailand	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	59,748	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	60,165	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	60,746	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	61,323	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	61,884	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	62,425	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	62,956	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	63,467	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	63,937	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	64,381	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	64,804	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	65,208	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	65,599	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	65,970	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	66,332	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	66,673	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	66,975	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	67,250	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	67,506	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	67,750	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	67,975	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	68,180	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	68,366	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	68,457	2,559

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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