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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	Cape Verde	Moldova	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	4,244	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	4,199	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	4,154	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	4,108	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	4,059	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	4,013	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	3,966	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	3,919	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	3,873	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	3,829	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	3,788	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	3,748	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	3,709	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	3,671	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	3,633	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	3,595	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	3,558	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	3,522	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	3,485	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	3,448	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	3,412	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	3,376	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	3,339	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	3,570	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, Cape Verde, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.