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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	51,181	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	52,782	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	54,453	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	56,170	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	57,860	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	59,599	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	61,474	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	63,479	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	65,590	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	67,800	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	70,114	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	72,550	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	75,138	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	77,792	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	80,534	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	83,368	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	86,229	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	89,193	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	92,209	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	95,232	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	98,320	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	101,499	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	104,767	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	108,171	13,439

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.