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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	Denmark	Thailand	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	59,748	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	60,165	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	60,746	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	61,323	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	61,884	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	62,425	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	62,956	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	63,467	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	63,937	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	64,381	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	64,804	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	65,208	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	65,599	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	65,970	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	66,332	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	66,673	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	66,975	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	67,250	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	67,506	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	67,750	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	67,975	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	68,180	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	68,366	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	68,457	167

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, Denmark, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.