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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	Iceland	Liberia	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	2,741	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	2,847	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	2,917	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	2,978	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	2,983	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,005	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,138	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,311	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,469	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	3,603	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	3,708	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	3,817	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	3,984	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	4,141	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	4,244	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	4,348	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	4,460	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	4,576	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	4,689	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	4,810	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	4,904	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,005	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,109	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,216	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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.