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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	Oman	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	2,348	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	2,403	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	2,457	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	2,510	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	2,562	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	2,613	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	2,663	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	2,713	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	2,764	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	2,816	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	2,871	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	2,928	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	2,986	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	3,047	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	3,110	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	3,174	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	3,240	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	3,307	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	3,375	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	3,444	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	3,512	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	3,582	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	3,651	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	3,696	6,720

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.