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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	Denmark	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	5,322	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	5,339	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	5,358	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	5,377	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	5,391	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	5,404	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	5,420	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	5,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	5,461	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	5,494	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	5,524	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	5,548	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	5,571	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	5,592	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	5,614	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	5,644	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	5,683	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	5,730	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	5,766	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	5,795	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	5,818	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	5,831	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	5,855	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	5,907	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, Denmark, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.