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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	Thailand	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	59,748	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	60,165	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	60,746	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	61,323	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	61,884	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	62,425	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	62,956	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	63,467	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	63,937	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	64,381	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	64,804	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	65,208	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	65,599	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	65,970	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	66,332	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	66,673	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	66,975	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	67,250	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	67,506	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	67,750	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	67,975	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	68,180	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	68,366	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	68,457	7,432

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