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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	Spain	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	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.

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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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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; the database as a whole is cited above.