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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	Paraguay	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	5,366	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	5,473	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	5,579	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	5,683	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	5,786	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	5,886	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	5,984	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	6,080	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	6,173	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	6,264	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	6,352	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	6,438	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	6,522	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	6,605	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	6,688	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	6,769	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	6,850	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	6,930	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	7,012	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	7,095	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	7,179	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	7,263	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	7,348	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	7,432	167

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, Paraguay, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.