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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	Thailand	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	59,748	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	60,165	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	60,746	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	61,323	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	61,884	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	62,425	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	62,956	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,467	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	63,937	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	64,381	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	64,804	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	65,208	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	65,599	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	65,970	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	66,332	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	66,673	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	66,975	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	67,250	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	67,506	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	67,750	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	67,975	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	68,180	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	68,366	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	68,457	174,217

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

Bangladesh

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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.