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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	13,087

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.