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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	Oman	Australia	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	18,692	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	18,907	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	19,151	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	19,371	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	19,595	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	19,805	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	20,048	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	20,320	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	20,694	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	21,113	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	21,553	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	21,891	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	22,197	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	22,588	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	22,980	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	23,326	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	23,664	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	24,036	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	24,445	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	24,823	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	25,204	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	25,529	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	25,574	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	25,826	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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.