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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	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	59,748	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	60,165	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	60,746	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	61,323	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	61,884	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	62,425	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	62,956	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,467	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	63,937	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	64,381	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	64,804	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	65,208	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	65,599	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	65,970	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	66,332	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	66,673	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	66,975	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	67,250	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	67,506	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	67,750	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	67,975	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	68,180	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	68,366	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	68,457	2,748

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.