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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	Mali	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	10,596	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	10,833	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	10,890	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	11,007	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	11,307	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	11,579	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	11,804	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	12,043	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	12,337	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	12,657	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	12,986	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	13,325	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	13,679	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	14,040	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	14,412	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	14,803	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	15,210	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	15,629	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	16,060	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	16,507	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	16,967	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	17,442	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	17,930	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	18,494	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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.