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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	59,748	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	60,165	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	60,746	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	61,323	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	61,884	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	62,425	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	62,956	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	63,467	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	63,937	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	64,381	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	64,804	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	65,208	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	65,599	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	65,970	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	66,332	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	66,673	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	66,975	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	67,250	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	67,506	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	67,750	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	67,975	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	68,180	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	68,366	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	68,457	1,126

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, Eswatini; the database as a whole is cited above.