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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	North Macedonia	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,006	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,017	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,026	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,011	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,018	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,024	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,028	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,031	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,035	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,038	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,042	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,046	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,049	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,052	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,055	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,058	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,061	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,063	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,065	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,067	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,068	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,065	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,057	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,048	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.

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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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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; the database as a whole is cited above.