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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	Paraguay	Thailand	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	59,748	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	60,165	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	60,746	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	61,323	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	61,884	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	62,425	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	62,956	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	63,467	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	63,937	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	64,381	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	64,804	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	65,208	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	65,599	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	65,970	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	66,332	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	66,673	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	66,975	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	67,250	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	67,506	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	67,750	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	67,975	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	68,180	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	68,366	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	68,457	167

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, Paraguay, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.