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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	59,748	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	60,165	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	60,746	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	61,323	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	61,884	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	62,425	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	62,956	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	63,467	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	63,937	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	64,381	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	64,804	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	65,208	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	65,599	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	65,970	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	66,332	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	66,673	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	66,975	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	67,250	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	67,506	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	67,750	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	67,975	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	68,180	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	68,366	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	68,457	46,498

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