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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	Yemen	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	16,728	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	17,236	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	17,762	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	18,310	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	18,855	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	19,410	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	20,000	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	20,611	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	21,236	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	21,878	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	22,533	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	23,195	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	23,880	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	24,594	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	25,311	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	26,020	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	26,698	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	27,347	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	27,985	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	28,608	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	29,216	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	29,811	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	30,399	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.