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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	Ghana	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.