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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	Philippines	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	79,346	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	81,131	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	83,023	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	84,876	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	86,697	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	88,568	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	90,418	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	92,253	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	94,098	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	95,923	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	97,627	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	99,317	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	100,999	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	102,618	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	104,299	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	106,076	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	107,868	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	109,493	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	111,094	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	112,843	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	114,636	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	117,026	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	119,473	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	121,234	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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.