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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	Thailand	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	59,748	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	60,165	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	60,746	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	61,323	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	61,884	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	62,425	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	62,956	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	63,467	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	63,937	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	64,381	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	64,804	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	65,208	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	65,599	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	65,970	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	66,332	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	66,673	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	66,975	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	67,250	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	67,506	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	67,750	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	67,975	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	68,180	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	68,366	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	68,457	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.