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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	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	59,748	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	60,165	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	60,746	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	61,323	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	61,884	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	62,425	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	62,956	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	63,467	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	63,937	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	64,381	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	64,804	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	65,208	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	65,599	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	65,970	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	66,332	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	66,673	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	66,975	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	67,250	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	67,506	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	67,750	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	67,975	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	68,180	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	68,366	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	68,457	55,924

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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.