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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	Kenya	Oman	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	2,348	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	2,403	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	2,457	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	2,510	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	2,562	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	2,613	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	2,663	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	2,713	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	2,764	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	2,816	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	2,871	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	2,928	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	2,986	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	3,047	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	3,110	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	3,174	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	3,240	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	3,307	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	3,375	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	3,444	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	3,512	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	3,582	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	3,651	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	3,696	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

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.

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