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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	Dominica	Afghanistan	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	22,206	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	22,461	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	22,507	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	23,600	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	25,005	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	25,698	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	26,335	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	27,154	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	27,387	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	27,706	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	28,484	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	29,121	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	29,758	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	30,420	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	31,108	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	31,823	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	32,564	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	33,332	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	34,125	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	34,941	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	35,972	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	37,034	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	38,127	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	39,252	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, Dominica, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.