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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	Thailand	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	59,748	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	60,165	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	60,746	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	61,323	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	61,884	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	62,425	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	62,956	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	63,467	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	63,937	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	64,381	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	64,804	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	65,208	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	65,599	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	65,970	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	66,332	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	66,673	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	66,975	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	67,250	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	67,506	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	67,750	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	67,975	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	68,180	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	68,366	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	68,457	39,252

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.