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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	Qatar	Thailand	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	59,748	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	60,165	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	60,746	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	61,323	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	61,884	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	62,425	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	62,956	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	63,467	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	63,937	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	64,381	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	64,804	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	65,208	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	65,599	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	65,970	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	66,332	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	66,673	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	66,975	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	67,250	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	67,506	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	67,750	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	67,975	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	68,180	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	68,366	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	68,457	1,330

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, Qatar, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.