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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.