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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	2,348	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	2,403	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	2,457	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	2,510	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	2,562	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	2,613	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	2,663	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	2,713	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	2,764	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	2,816	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	2,871	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	2,928	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	2,986	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	3,047	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	3,110	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	3,174	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	3,240	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	3,307	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	3,375	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	3,444	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	3,512	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	3,582	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	3,651	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	3,696	28,237

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