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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	59,748	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	60,165	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	60,746	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	61,323	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	61,884	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	62,425	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	62,956	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	63,467	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	63,937	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	64,381	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	64,804	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	65,208	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	65,599	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	65,970	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	66,332	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	66,673	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	66,975	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	67,250	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	67,506	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	67,750	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	67,975	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	68,180	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	68,366	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	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, Qatar, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.