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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	Moldova	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	4,244	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	4,199	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	4,154	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	4,108	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	4,059	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	4,013	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	3,966	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	3,919	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	3,873	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	3,829	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	3,788	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	3,748	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	3,709	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	3,671	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	3,633	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	3,595	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	3,558	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	3,522	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	3,485	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	3,448	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	3,412	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	3,376	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	3,339	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	3,570	220

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, Moldova, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.