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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	Malta	Austria	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	8,039	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	8,059	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	8,090	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	8,130	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	8,166	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	8,217	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	8,274	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	8,317	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	8,344	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	8,370	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	8,390	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	8,410	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	8,438	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	8,476	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	8,527	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	8,594	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	8,680	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	8,791	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	8,847	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	8,890	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	8,930	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	8,969	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	9,004	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	9,107	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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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