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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	Sierra Leone	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,736	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,809	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	4,043	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	4,287	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	4,466	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	4,602	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	4,708	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	4,818	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	4,918	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	5,023	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	5,132	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	5,246	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	5,364	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,486	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,613	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,744	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,879	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	6,019	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	6,163	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	6,312	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	6,461	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	6,611	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	6,761	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	6,910	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.

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.