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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	St. Lucia	Congo - Kinshasa	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	51,181	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	52,782	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	54,453	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	56,170	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	57,860	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	59,599	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	61,474	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	63,479	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	65,590	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	67,800	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	70,114	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	72,550	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	75,138	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	77,792	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	80,534	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	83,368	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	86,229	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	89,193	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	92,209	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	95,232	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	98,320	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	101,499	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	104,767	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	108,171	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

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