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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	Yemen	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	16,728	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	17,236	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	17,762	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	18,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	18,855	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	19,410	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	20,000	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	20,611	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	21,236	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	21,878	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	22,533	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	23,195	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	23,880	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	24,594	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	25,311	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	26,020	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	26,698	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	27,347	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	27,985	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	28,608	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	29,216	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	29,811	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	30,399	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	31,058	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, Yemen, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.