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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	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	2,348	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	2,403	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	2,457	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	2,510	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	2,562	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	2,613	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	2,663	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	2,713	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	2,764	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	2,816	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	2,871	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	2,928	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	2,986	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	3,047	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	3,110	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	3,174	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	3,240	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	3,307	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	3,375	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	3,444	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	3,512	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	3,582	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	3,651	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	3,696	2,403

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, Oman, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.