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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.