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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	Bangladesh	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	132,907	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	135,207	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	137,420	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	139,573	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	141,650	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	143,644	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	145,546	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	147,376	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	149,047	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	150,562	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	152,189	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	153,927	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	155,634	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	157,326	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	158,999	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	160,650	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	162,273	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	163,938	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	165,655	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	167,358	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	169,045	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	170,709	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	172,354	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.