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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	Belgium	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	10,227	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	10,252	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	10,288	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	10,334	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	10,377	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	10,422	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	10,480	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	10,549	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	10,627	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	10,711	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	10,797	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	10,897	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	11,039	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	11,108	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	11,160	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	11,210	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	11,275	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	11,332	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	11,376	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	11,429	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	11,491	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	11,546	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	11,594	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	11,695	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

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

No separate list is published for Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.