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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	Luxembourg	Denmark	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	5,322	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	5,339	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	5,358	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	5,377	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	5,391	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	5,404	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	5,420	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	5,438	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	5,461	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	5,494	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	5,524	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	5,548	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	5,571	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	5,592	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	5,614	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	5,644	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	5,683	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	5,730	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	5,766	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	5,795	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	5,818	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	5,831	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	5,855	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	5,907	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, Luxembourg, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.