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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	Lithuania	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,419	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,395	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	3,367	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	3,340	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	3,313	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	3,276	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,223	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,172	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,134	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	3,102	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	3,068	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	3,004	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,937	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	2,898	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	2,869	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	2,844	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	2,818	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	2,782	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	2,744	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	2,718	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	2,710	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	2,711	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	2,724	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	2,748	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, Malta, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.