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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	Thailand	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	10,099

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.

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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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.